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AUTISM: MEET THE BROCKERTS

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Parents of a 10 year old boy with autism tell their story Read the full description.

Default-piece-image-1 This was part of a web based series produced for Autism Awareness Month in April of 2008. See www.wosu.org/autism. John and Janna Brockert are the parents of Christian, 10. We met at the Music School at Ohio University, Athens, OH, where Christian was being treated with music therapy.

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This was part of a web based series produced for Autism Awareness Month in April of 2008. See www.wosu.org/autism. John and Janna Brockert are the parents of Christian, 10. We met at the Music School at Ohio University, Athens, OH, where Christian was being treated with music therapy.