Shes built ford tough. Just ask her about the world that should tell you enough, she has autism and it speaks volumes, but from time to time it not so easily noticed. She will talk to you about her day, in the midst of it she will ask you questions about different thing. Now that I am older, I realize that my sister was not born the same way as me. But, growing up with someone who has autism you deal with alot. There were times where people would stare at my sister and we would have to explain why she was looking at her hand, or rocking back and forth. Some family members were afraid of her, because they didnt understand. Alot of family was ashamed of her. Some family Members went on to become nurses and Residential aids for people like my sister. It all depends on how you take the experience, and what you learn from it. She is different indeed, but grandma didnt raise her differently. My grandma raised her to cook, clean, shop, etc. whatever she needed to learn to be independent. My sister Victoria is one of a kind and always will be I love her for being different, she isnt afraid to express herself. Sometimes when she is overwhelm she shut down, but she tells me what she wants and needs. She loves music, any song playing on the radio she knows it. She loves to go shopping, rather its for food or clothes. When she doesnt want to do something, sometimes she will hurt herself or just get aggressive. Over all it was difficult to grow up with but now I am older it help me appreciation being different and learning about who she is . She knows who her family is, she knows my grandparents died but she deals with it in her own way.