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Interview: Author Ben Levin discusses how he learned to 'not be ashamed' of his autism

Ben Levin, author of “In the Hole,” talks with News 12’s Della Crews about how joining a program that claimed to cure autism actually helped him to own it.

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Feb 27, 2022, 4:07 PM

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