For kids with autism, visiting Santa can be stressful. How one group is making it easier for families
CHICAGO - At a recent tree-lighting celebration in Lake Forest, 6-year-old Max Brown kept trying to run off and pet strangers' dogs. Max, who has autism spectrum disorder, loves dogs, said his mother, and there were a lot of them at the outdoor event, each one more irresistible than the last.
Max's parents struggled to keep him in the Santa line, and the
