J., is a six-year-old African American boy, who was diagnosed as autistic when he was three. He will not look you in the eye, gets angry when his parents do not pick him up on time, (to the point of hurting others), and is for the most part non-verbed except to occasionally repeat what others say called echolia (taken from observation, 2002). Tommy is a fifth grader, white male who is on the honor role loves …showed first 75 words of 2224 total…

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