What I’ve Learned Since My Autistic Son Was Arrested

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A year ago, my older son who has autism was arrested. He was charged with solicitation of a minor, something he didn’t do and something I know he would never do. He spent 13 days in jail before he was released on bond and placed under house arrest, a condition he was granted because I promised the judge I’d leave my husband and home in Florida and come to Virginia to stay with him for as long as the…