Judith Steuber of Kennesaw has two sons with autism who live in separate local group homes. They’re in their 30s.
Christopher, the older one, has significant autism. He can read some words and has an aversion to numbers of any kind, Judith said.
“If you ask him how old he is, he’ll say 5, although he is 35, and he’s been saying he’s 5 ever since he’s was 5,” she said.
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