While at Susan Gray, Ryan's therapists and parents decided to enroll him in a new research project that was scientifically evaluating programs designed to help kids with autism learn to speak, including sensory integration therapy.

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Perhaps he decided to gamble with his life in the hope that, if he survived, his decision to stay would help him bid for a central role in a new Kosovo.

ECONOMIST: The Kosovars