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CEDAR HILLS, Utah (AP) -- A Cedar Hills family has gotten 12-thousand dollars in donations to renovate their house to accommodate their autistic son.
Previously, Jared and Marcie White had to keep all the home's doors locked to keep six-year-old Ben safe.
But for the past few weeks, more than 100 people have worked to subdivide the White's unfinished basement into a therapy room for Ben, and a few other rooms for the family.
The therapy room was designed by an autism expert to include elements that stimulate the boy. There is a ramp, oversized stairs and a climbing wall to challenge him physically and help him burn some of his enormous energy.
The new therapy room is linked to Ben's upstairs bedroom by a trapdoor in the floor.
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