Over a Year, Doctors Said All Three of My Beautiful, Talented Children Had Autism ; Sharon Smith's Was World Turned Upside Down After Doctors Diagnosed Her Three Children with Autism in the Space of a Year. It Was a Triple Blow for the 41-Yearold American, Who Quit Her Job As an Air Steward to Enjoy Motherhood. She Tells Her Story to Wendy Roberts.

Derby Evening Telegraph › October 29, 2009

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I ALWAYS knew my three children were bright young things - but not autistic. Never.

Quinn started walking at seven months and could stack up the biggest pile of bricks without any trouble.

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Over a Year, Doctors Said All Three of My Beautiful, Talented Children Had Autism ; Sharon Smith's Was World Turned Upside Down After Doctors Diagnosed Her Three Children with Autism in the Space of a Year. It Was a Triple Blow for the 41-Yearold American, Who Quit Her Job As an Air Steward to Enjoy Motherhood. She Tells Her Story to Wendy Roberts.

Little Noah and Adriana - who were born just 22 months apart - were great at art and had the talent to solve really hard puzzles on the computer.

Life was lovely and busy but that's how I liked it.

I gave up my job as an air steward to be a full-time mum and the role was always rewarding - even if it was regularly exhausting.

Then the shock news cam...

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