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'A gift from another dimension': Rosie O'Donnell gets candid on raising autistic daughter Dakota

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Rosie O'Donnell has opened up about raising her nine-year-old daughter Dakota, who has autism.The 60-year-old entertainer told People Wednesday that she first was concerned after Dakota was initially diagnosed with autism at two-years-old in 2016.'I was worried about how she would make it in this world,' the American Gigolo star said. 'I worried about my longevity, because as you speak to parents of kids with autism, their main worry is what happens when they die.

Who's going to love their child and understand them the way you do?' The latest: Rosie O'Donnell, 60, has opened up about raising her nine-year-old daughter Dakota, who has autism.

She was seen appearing on Watch What Happens Live earlier this year O'Donnell, who is mother to children Parker, 27, Chelsea, 25, Blake, 22, and Vivienne, 19, said of Dakota's autism: 'I know this is something that will be with her her whole life, and she'll learn to adjust to a world that doesn't necessarily go at her own pace.'The A League of Their Own star said that raising Dakota has helped teach her compassion on a level 'much deeper' than she ever had, and 'to really listen and communicate in a way [she] never had to with [her] other kids.' She added: 'I know there are people struggling and they don't know how they will get through another day.

And I understand. But the sense of vulnerability that comes with having a kid with autism has been a gift to me. She teaches me.'The L Word: Generation Q performer recalled the details about her daughter's early days where she detected subtle differences.

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