December turns a predictable house into a moving target. Furniture shifts to make room for a tree or a menorah. Lights blink. Relatives arrive with loud voices, unfamiliar smells, and a lot of questions. For a child who depends on knowing what comes next, that is a heavy load to absorb in four weeks...
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The turkey is not the hard part. The doorbell is. So is the sage smell in a kitchen that usually smells like nothing, the cousin who wants a hug, and the four unstructured hours between arrival and dinner. Autism Thanksgiving planning means preparing an autistic child for a day that breaks every rul...