I live in NYC and was visiting Park City with my son, age 8, who is on the autism spectrum. As I had come to Park City expressly to help at an event, I needed a caregiver to be with my son for an afternoon and evening. Through Care.com I found Brigitta, who has great expertise with children with autism. Brigitta showed herself to be special from the start. She very kindly took a great deal of her time to speak with me in advance about my son's needs, and it was clear right away that she understood his challenges and issues and was more than equipped to be with him. In addition to hands-on experience with children with my son's issues, Brigitta also showed intelligence, sensitivity and thoughtfulness, which went a long way toward making me feel comfortable having her babysit for my child despite his not having known her in advance. I then saw when she arrived to babysit that my son felt comfortable with her from the get-go, as it was clear that she knew just how to approach and interact with him -- they became friends right away. And I learned from speaking with both her and him afterwards that she also brought great playfulness and humor to their interactions throughout the evening. My son had a ball and was hugely interactive and playful with Brigitta in response, showing his own terrific sense of humor. The evening was a great success on the home-front, and I was able to do what I had to do away from my son that evening without a moment's worry. In short, Brigitta is bright, competent, kind, sensitive, thoughtful, energetic and wonderfully playful with young children. She is a principled and trustworthy person whom one can trust to make good decisions while entrusted with one's precious children, and I feel fortunate to have found her through Care.com. I highly recommend Brigitta to anyone seeking childcare, whether or not his/her child is on the autism spectrum.

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