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Dick Harmon: BYU coach Ed Lamb and his wife tackling the challenges of raising a child with autism

Courtesy Ed Lamb family

The thing that we realized early on, and we came to an agreement on, is we didn't really want to play the role of therapist and doctor to our son. We needed to enjoy him for who he is.

PROVO — There are recruiting trips away from home for BYU assistant head coach Ed Lamb, then there are trips that involve so much more.

This past week Lamb made a recruiting trip to several islands in Hawaii accompanied by his wife Sarah. They left four kids at home, including the youngest, 8-year-old Edward, a child with autism who is not potty trained, cannot speak and if he somehow escaped supervision, would likely just keep going until he became lost or found by strangers.