A mother's joy

By Michael Knox
mknox@independenttribune.com
Sunday, May 13, 2007



Lynn Stipe and her son, Conner, 11, swing on a hammock on their porch in Concord. Conner, who is autistic, is homeschooled by Lynn.
Greg Kahn (gkahn@independenttribune.com)



CONCORD - It’s a cool breezy day outside the Stipe home as Lynn Stipe and her 11-year-old son, Conner, swing in the hammock, spending a lazy day together.

Outside on the deck near the swimming pool, Conner sometimes races his dog, Silky, who streaks back and forth along her fenced-in pen. Lynn Stipe, 35, laughs at her son’s antics.

The two laugh together and they laugh often.

Conner is autistic and Lynn homeschools her son, teaching him the basics of learning. The two have just returned from a two-month stay in Maryland, where doctors tested Conner’s symptoms.

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