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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kenya Hunter

Black dads go public with support for their kids with autism -- and each other

When Tyrone Green's youngest son was diagnosed with autism, his wife was immediately ready to get the 3-year-old the support he needed. But Green was stuck: He had questions about his son’s future and an overwhelming feeling of loneliness — like no one, not his wife, not his friends, understood his experience.

“ ... (M)y wife couldn’t understand what I was going through as a Black father, all these hopes and dreams I had for my kid," said Green, who lives in Michigan. “She didn’t feel the same way.”

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