Winnipeg Free Press
15th October 2009Kevin Rollason
" For four-year-old John-Paul Carruthers and many other autistic children around the world, trains -- both big and small -- are a key to opening up their world. And it's because of the connection between trains and autistic kids that the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club has decided to give funds raised at its annual show this weekend to the Autism Society of Manitoba ......
........... A study in the United Kingdom by the National Autistic Society in 2002 found Thomas the Tank Engine helped children with autism and Asperger syndrome. "
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