His escapes from home set in motion a mad scramble to find him before he gets in trouble or hurts himself. Every single second is very precious for me, for his safety. Often people will only look at me like I am a crazy woman. Norman's latest fascination is with spectacles and he will snatch glasses off people's faces. Mrs Bennett said she had stopped apologising and explaining because people would often respond with hurtful, discouraging comments that made it all the harder to bear.
Autism is a disease that can destroy spirits.
While Norman's behaviour was often hard to take, at other times a good, loving nature shone through. The Southland Times. Brains Show Signs of Two Bilingual Roads For adults, learning a second language can be a real challenge. For young students, it can be second nature. Recent brain research indicates that children, unlike teenagers and adults, draw little distinction between the way they learn a native and a second language.