Advice for handling a domestic situation?

Advice for handling a domestic situation?
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This situation sounds complicated enough to really need a professional involved, an M.D. or Ph.D. that specializes in the dynamics of families with autistic-spectrum disorders. The worst-case scenario is that the older child could cause severe harm or potentially death to either or both of the small boys (that would certainly be worse than foster care).
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