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Son reflects with his mother about growing up with autism

NPR | By Esther Honig,
Alan Jinich
Published May 15, 2026 at 3:44 AM CDT

Jhovana Figueroa was diagnosed with autism when he was a toddler. For StoryCorps, Figueroa and his mom talk about his childhood and their hopes for the future.

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