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Tonight, Sunday, Feb 18th 2007 will be the O'Donnell family that has five kids with autism. They are getting a new house. Back in 2005 there was an article in USA today on them and they were on Good Morning America.

Here is a compilation of their news stories:

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Here is a link for CBS to check out for tapes and transcripts:

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I watched both the Leslie Stahl segment and the Extreme Makeover show.I am interested in learning what state the Donnellys live--is it Texas? Both reports tugged at my heart becasue I have a grandson with autism. I can't imagine having 5 children the spectrum. Why did they continue having children after the oldest ones were diagnosed?

The Donnellys live in Austin TX.

Mrs. Donnelly stated on Extremem Makeover that they had been assured there would be no more children with the disorder--that it was statistically impossible.