Family's Pumpkin Patch Proves to Be a Positive Force

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › September 19, 2010

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As Kevin Ries and his cousin Kassidy gleefully climbed atop the huge pumpkins in his backyard one sunny September day, Kevin's mom, Carol, watched with a thankful heart.

"He just needed an activity to focus on," she said of her 10- year-old autistic son. "It's so cool when we bring him home from school every day. It's the first thing we do."

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Family's Pumpkin Patch Proves to Be a Positive Force

Kevin's autism was diagnosed at age 3, in part because he seldom talked and he often walked on his tiptoes. Early on, sudden noises seriously frustrated ...

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