Minor Issues: Taking my first steps parenting an adult with autism

The writer, Jill Lim, and her daughter Kate, who is autistic, with her children’s picture book, My Colouring Book Is Ruined! PHOTO: TNP FILE
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SINGAPORE – It has been an eye-opening five months.

That is how long I have been the parent of a special-needs adult who is no longer attending school, nor in training or working.

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