{"id":295798,"date":"2025-11-14T12:04:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-a-fathers-devotion-helped-his-son-adapt-to-the-world-chasing-life\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T12:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:04:56","slug":"how-a-fathers-devotion-helped-his-son-adapt-to-the-world-chasing-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-a-fathers-devotion-helped-his-son-adapt-to-the-world-chasing-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How a father\u2019s devotion helped his son adapt to the world | Chasing Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/Wz7gt-QSgjU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How a father\u2019s devotion helped his son adapt to the world | Chasing Life\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wz7gt-QSgjU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>In the 1980s,\u00a0Leland\u00a0Vittert\u2019s\u00a0parents were told that nothing could be done about their son\u2019s autism.\u00a0But that\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0stop them from trying.\u00a0In his new memoir,\u00a0anchor and reporter\u00a0Vittert\u00a0reveals his autism diagnosis\u00a0for the first time and\u00a0details\u00a0how his family, especially his father, helped him\u00a0achieve personal and professional success.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the full episode on CNN&#8217;s Chasing Life podcast: https:\/\/swap.fm\/l\/clsgyt111425<\/p>\n<p>#cnn #news #chasinglife #drsanjaygupta #lelandvittert #bornlucky #autism #health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 1980s,\u00a0Leland\u00a0Vittert\u2019s\u00a0parents were told that nothing could be done about their son\u2019s autism.\u00a0But that\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0stop them from trying.\u00a0In his new memoir,\u00a0anchor and reporter\u00a0Vittert\u00a0reveals his autism diagnosis\u00a0for the first time and\u00a0details\u00a0how his family, especially his father, helped him\u00a0achieve personal and professional success. 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