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July 01, 2009 | Marlon Barton, 26, who has autism, receives help from his mother and full-time caregiver, Pearlie Barton, 58, last month in their south Sacramento home. ...

June 27, 2009 | Pearlie Barton, tries to wake her son up to start her day on Thursday, June 11. She has a hard time scheduling appointments because she...

June 27, 2009 | He scares people, said his mother, Pearlie Barton, who cares for him around he clock. Being large, African American and autistic does not work in his favor. Autism was a...

June 27, 2009 | Marlon Barton, 26, was identified as autistic at 18 months old. He stands fixated in the same place at home and goes through a routine of stepping back and forth to the kitchen...

June 27, 2009 | Everyday, Pearlie Barton prays with her son in her beauty shop. She ca not take him to church because it's impossible to take him into the...

June 27, 2009 | Marlon Barton, 26, center, who loves bowling, stays fixated in one position when he is not bowling or eating at AMF Bowling in Sacramento as his nephew Lejae Thompson, 13,...

June 27, 2009 | After checking to make sure the door is locked on their home, Pearlie Barton, 58, makes her way over to her son Marlon Barton, 26, as he goes through a series of repetive...

June 27, 2009 | Pearlie Barton, 58, puts hair gel in her son Marlon Barton's hair as she gets ready to take him to work with her. I just...