An autism diagnosis can be a challenging thing for a parent to hear. Siblings, and other children who meet someone on the spectrum may have a difficult time relating to them.
While every child on the spectrum is unique, and will show different characteristics, there are many things that most autistic children have in common.
The purpose of Billy and Santa are Autistic is to show that while autistic children sometimes behave differently, they can do many things really well (and sometimes even better than non-autistic children) and can excel if given a support system that works with them and their strengths.
Santa is a natural example of someone who is probably on the spectrum, yet holds a special place in all children’s hearts. Hopefully this book will show that someone on the spectrum isn’t so different after all and should be loved and accepted.
We wrote this book for our two sons who are on the spectrum. Hopefully they will be accepted by others, just as we accept them.
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