Finland is a McLean resident and freelance journalist who has an adult child with autism. April is Autism Awareness Month and Finland will be speaking at D.C.’s Politics and Prose on Apr. 1 to share her story. Finland spent a summer with her son David, 24, teaching him to ride the Metro alone as part of letting go and helping him live on his own.

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