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Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Michael Chambers wields a lightsaber at the foster home where he lives in Eagle Mountain, Utah, Wednesday, September 12, 2012. Due to the lack of services for children with autism, a small number of families are turning their children, like Chambers, over to the child welfare system each year desperate for the services they can get in state custody.
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Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Michael Chambers wields a lightsaber at the foster home where he lives in Eagle Mountain, Utah, Wednesday, September 12, 2012. Due to the lack of services for children with autism, a small number of families are turning their children, like Chambers, over to the child welfare system each year desperate for the services they can get in state custody.
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Michael Chambers lives his foster mom Patty Jiordano in Eagle Mountain, Utah, Wednesday, September 12, 2012. Due to the lack of services for children with autism, a small number of families are turning their children, like Chambers, over to the child welfare system each year desperate for the services they can get in state custody.
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Michael Chambers kisses his foster mom's pet cat in his bedroom at the foster home where he lives in Eagle Mountain, Utah, Wednesday, September 12, 2012. Due to the lack of services for children with autism, a small number of families are turning their children, like Chambers, over to the child welfare system each year desperate for the services they can get in state custody.
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Michael Chambers with some of his artwork at the foster home where he lives in Eagle Mountain, Utah, Wednesday, September 12, 2012. Due to the lack of services for children with autism, a small number of families are turning their children, like Chambers, over to the child welfare system each year desperate for the services they can get in state custody.