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13-year-old’s inspiring letter about autism goes viral

In the article, Hiatt writes about the varying degrees of autism, and what it feels like to deal with sensory overload. It may come as a bit of a surprise to you, as the only autism you may know of being exposed to have is the low-functioning, severe, non-verbal kind. There’s a whole spectrum of autism, (that’s why its full name is autism spectrum disorder) and no two people with autism are the same.