READY TO TAKE YOUR CALLS.
DONATIONS GO DIRECTLY TO
FRAZIER WHICH IS MINNESOTA'S
LARGEST ORGANIZATION HELPING
PEOPLE WITH AUTISM AND MENTAL
HEALTH CHALLENGES.
THAT IS ONLY PART OF WHAT
FRAZIER DOES, ANGELA DAVIS AND
OTHER PARENTS SAY THEY'VE
CREATED A GREAT SUPPORT SYSTEM
FOR THEM.
Reporter: A FAMILY FRIEND
ALERTED HER PARENTS SHE MAY
HAVE AUTISM.
SHE TOLD US THAT THERE WAS
SOMETHING WRONG.
SHE DOESN'T MAKE EYE CONTACT
AND SHE PLAYS BY HERSELF.
Reporter: HER FATHER SAYS
SHE WAS DEVELOPING NORMALLY BUT
STARTED REGRESSING AFTER SHE
TURNED TWO YEARS OLD.
IT WAS VERY HARD, SHE WOULD
GET UPSET THEN SHE WOULD COME
BACK INSIDE.
SHE HAD TANTRUMS ALL OF THE
TIME.
Reporter: WHEN ANOTHER BABY
JOINED THE FAMILY CHRISTIAN AND
HIS WIFE CARLA IDENTIFIED EARLY
SIGNS THAT HE ALSO HAD AUTISM.
CHRISTIAN DIDN'T RESPOND WHEN
THEY SAID HIS NAME AND LIKED TO
PLAY ALONE.
WE LEARNED HOW TO DEAL WITH
THIS.
IT IS HARD.
IT'S NOT EASY.
IT'S NOT EASY.
Reporter: THERAPISTS HAVE
HELPED HIS DAUGHTER BECOME MORE
VERBAL AND ARE WORKING WITH
CHRISTIAN HIS SON.
THEY ARE ALSO PART OF A PARENT
SUPPORT GROUP.
THINGS GET BETTER AND BETTER.
THEY GO TO BE HEALTHY EVERY WAY
MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY.
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN ALL OF
THE TIME.
Reporter: ANGELA DAVIS,
WCCO4 NEWS.
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