THEIR CLOTHES AND THE SHED
CAUGHT ON FIRE.
CHILDREN ARE BEING TREATED AT
THE HOSPITAL.
THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES
SEEKING HELP FOR CHILDREN WITH
AUTISM CONTINUES TO GROW.
HERE IN MINNESOTA THE SERVICES
HAVE BECOME A VALUABLE
RESOURCE.
THEY WORK WITH KIDS WHO HAVE
MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.
ANGELA DAVIS SHARES A FAMILY'S
JOURNEY WITH FRASER.
Reporter: BEN REMEMBERS A
TIME WHEN HIS SON JACK WAS
YOUNGER AND CONSUMED WITH
WORRY.
HE WOULD COME HOME AND IF WE
DID ANYTHING UNEXPECTED OR
UNDER CERTAIN SITUATIONS HE
WOULD GET UPSET.
Reporter: HE WAS BORN AT 30
WEEKS.
THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF PROBLEMS
TILL HE WAS 7-YEARS-OLD.
PROBABLY IN SECOND OR THIRD
GRADE AND YOU WERE -- YOU HAD
-- YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO GO TO
SLEEP AT NIGHT.
YOU SAID YOU WERE WORRIED ABOUT
WHAT YOU WOULD DO WITH YOUR
STUFFED ANIMALS WHEN YOU WENT
TO COLLEGE.
Reporter: IT LED THE FAMILY
TO FRASER.
THEY TAUGHT HIM AND HIS PARENTS
STRATEGIES TO MANAGE HIS
EMOTIONS AND ACTIONS.
MADE LIFE RETURN TO NORMAL
AND JUST THE UNDERSTANDING SO
THAT THERE WAS ALWAYS A LOT OF
GUILT AFTER THESE ARGUMENTS AND
-- AND -- SO WE DON'T HAVE TO
GO THROUGH THAT ANYMORE.
OUR QUALITY OF LIFE OF BEING
ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE
USED TO DO BEFORE IS GREAT.
Reporter: AT 11-YEARS-OLD
JACK IS NOW A GRADUATE.
NO MORE THERAPY.
I FEEL HAPPIER.
Reporter: ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO
CHANNEL 4 NEWS.
WE ARE RAISING MONEY TO HELP
FRASER DURING A TUG OF WAR
CALLED PULLING TOGETHER.
IT TAKES PLACE SEPTEMBER 8 IN
ST. PAUL.
