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Saint John: Autism

Epilepsy Dept: The Maeng family, which also includes 19-year-old son Jung-Joo, moved from Seoul to Moncton in 2003, hoping the clean air of the Maritimes would improve the health of little Sung-Joo, according to CTV. Though the boy is non-verbal, he is learning to communicate, mainly by pointing at objects, his older brother says. As well, Sung-Joo is receiving care from a pediatric specialist in Saint John and fourteen-year-old Sung-Joo Maeng was diagnosed with autism and epilepsy in 2001. "He's really improved since we moved here," says his older brother, a science student at Dalhousie University in Halifax who goes by the name John. "He likes it here." As reported in the news.
@t pediatric specialist, science student