By Deborah Wallace, April 3, 2020, Parade 

Parents who are working at homeduring the coronavirus quarantineface many challenges. But the boundaries between work and home life are blurred even more when your child has autism. To commemorate National Autism Awareness Month in April, international autism expert Temple Grandin spoke to Parade.com about how parents and caregivers can help their families thrive during this unprecedented time of isolation.

Grandin, Ph.D., professor of animal science at Colorado State University, a noted lecturer on the topics of animal science and autism, knows that children and adults with autism often have difficulty adjusting to changes, surprises, transitions and disappointments. This is exacerbated during this time of uncertainty amid the global health crisis. And with new statistics from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) revealing 1 in 54 schoolchildren are being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, it has never been more important to intervene early to help them learn life skills.

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