Las Vegas Sun

April 19, 2024

Pierce Laurent, 5, gets a hug and kiss from his mother Robin after speech therapy at Henderson Speech Hearing and Language Center on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. Pierce has been diagnosed with autism and the neurological disorder apraxia, and will need intensive daily therapy if he's ever to become independent, says his mother.

Leila Navidi

Pierce Laurent, 5, gets a hug and kiss from his mother Robin after speech therapy at Henderson Speech Hearing and Language Center on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. Pierce has been diagnosed with autism and the neurological disorder apraxia, and will need intensive daily therapy if he's ever to become independent, says his mother.