If you're a parent, you know some issues aren't always easy to
explain to your children. In today's world, your child will meet
another child with autism. What will you say about the
condition? How will you explain it to your child? Autism
advocate Eileen Crompton is a learning support teacher at
Lincoln Elementary in the East Penn School District. She's used
to talking to kids about autism. She says parents need to
educate themselves so they can education their children. "It's
almost like a child with a peanut allergy. We need to let the
children know what to expect," Crompton says. She says children
with autism process information differently. And while it may be
difficult for them to communicate, they still want to make
friends and enjoy other people. Blake Barbarics is a freshman at
Emmaus High School and has autism. He says, "People should just
like me for who I am and not look at my disability like I am any
different from anyone else." But it's been a long road for Blake
to get to the place he is today.