Thursday 2 March 2006 — This is over 18 years old. Be careful.
Jason McElwain is an autistic teenager who really loves basketball. For four years, he helped manage the team at his high school. He tried out for the team each year, but his skills weren’t up to team standards. On the last game of his last year, he was put in for the last four minutes, as a tribute to his dedication. Everyone hoped he would at least score one basket.
It’s a truly amazing video. I wondered (as my wife Susan did) how his abilities on court could vary so greatly from everyone’s expectations of him. There are comments on Susan’s post from people who know Jason, though they can’t explain it either.
Thanks to all the people who sent the link.
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Anyway, I'm very happy for the boy!
Then I remembered some of us Notes Bloggers had a dedicated section for autism and it seems that the this video has been going around quite a bit.
This guy was simply amazing, and I've heard also other amazing things about autistic people, but still many people categorize them as having a disability. I wouldn't use that category, since some autistic people seem to be very specialized in something, indeed I wouldn't categorize any people at all, at least not in a negative way.
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