SINGAPORE – Three weeks ago, I was at an MRT station with my daughter, 19. She was singing to herself and also making happy, squealy sounds. She is autistic.
How loud was she? The noise was louder than ordinary conversation, but softer than a person belting out a show tune. It was perhaps at the volume of an MRT announcement.
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