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An autism mom shares her views on what happiness means to special needs families .
Personal Narrative

A Different Kind of Happy

By Tulika Prasad

An autism mom shares her views on what happiness means to special needs families .

Happiness has an interesting ability to shift shapes . Just like a liquid , it will seep in , squeeze into , or fill up your life , no matter

what your circumstances . Everyone finds their reason to be happy .

So when we got our son ’ s diagnosis — and realized that all the definitions of happiness we had borrowed from the world needed to be dumped or redefined — we were devastated . In retrospect , I be-
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