Very moving series of articles by Frank Del Olmo about his autistic son Frankie. The last line of his last article on the subject was particularly poignant:

So the two great gifts I can give Frankie this Christmas, and in years to come, are my presence and his privacy. And he shall have them both.

Alas, no.

Found myself reading between the lines: "Allergies? Food? Was Frankie on the gf/cf diet? Hey, interactive metronome! We're looking into that! Greenspan fan, eh? Disagree there."