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One advantage to having a kid on the spectrum: they tend to be rule followers. Socially, things are harder for them than most kids.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Rule
Advantage
Harder
Kids
Things
Socially
Spectrum
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Tend

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