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A group of fishermen and passerbys watch an abandoned building burn in Brownsville, PA.

Marlene sleeps with Nicky because he often won't go to sleep without someone with him.

Nicky gets a hug after a workshop session where he spelled out 'I love you' to his mother.

Autistic children usually don't socialize with each other or with normal children.

On a visit to his school, Nicky's family tries to get him to play with toys. Marlene is separated from her husband and is raising both children alone.

Marlene eventually used the facilitated communication board to find out simple things like what Nicky wanted for dinner, when he needed to go to the bathroom, how he was feeling, etc.

On a class field trip Nicky sat next to a bemused businessman on the bus and fell asleep on his shoulder. Autistics often lack social skills that others take for granted.

Nicky will often take off running without warning, but his sister, Natalie, knows enough to keep an eye on him before he can get away.

It is thought that certain sounds seem to bother autistics more than normal people, which appears to be the case on the autistic school's field trip to the subway.

Nicky often wets himself and his mother has to bathe him two or three times a day.