Autistic children are withdrawn in their own world so the day that Neil Bedard, 6, reached up and kissed his mother on the cheek, it was a major break(...)

Original Toronto Star caption: Autistic children are withdrawn in their own world so the day that Neil Bedard, 6, reached up and kissed his mother on the cheek, it was a major breakthrough. This special learning and behavior disorder affects one in every 10,000 children and often locks them into an isolated world. [Incomplete]