Not exact matches
He had two affairs with women who remained married to their spouses; he eventually suffered serious
mental illness and spent his last days in the
kind of boarding house which Ragged Dick and the
other successful heroes
of his novels had forever left behind.
If, on the
other hand, your child has received a prior diagnosis
of some
kind (children with autism are often first diagnosed as having an Attention Deficit Disorder, Conduct Disorder, or
other mental illness) and is therefore comfortable with the concept, he may be ready to hear about his autism diagnosis right away (and be grateful for the added clarity it provides).
The law says that a child is disabled if s / he is: «blind, deaf
of dumb or suffers from a
mental disorder
of any
kind or is substantially or permanently handicapped by
illness, injury or congenital deformity or such
other disability as may be prescribed».