N/P Brilliant Video (would bring a tear to a glass eye)

[Rod Paradise]

http://www.youtube.com/w/Autistic-basketball-player-creates-mayhem-at-game?v=UBYPaNc57Ik&feature=Views&page=1&t=t&f=b

This is a short news item about an autistic kid.... had me all welled up I have to say.

[ACE2M]

nice one.

[b4matt]

LOl n1

[The_nun]

omg...nice find..

[littlemissC]

wow.my 8 year old son is autistic and stories like that give me hope for him that he can achieve his dreams even though sometimes the world around him seems to tell him differently.that has made my day,had me in tears.

[Triple X]

absolutely amazing - love stories like this.

Extraordinary people tonight is about the guy that 'Rain Man' was based on.

[Rod Paradise]

The reactions from the crowd & the boy's teammates was what did for me. Autistic & Aspergers kids are supposed to struggle to make friends, but that boy's got loads of them, Rochester NY isn't one of the best areas either if I remember correctly.

[madasahatstand]

yes this ones a tear jerker. just the kind of tear jerker i like.

[littlemissC]

it is true that autistic children struggle to make friends,its more that they grow to get used to other children being around them.for some reason though other children love autistic kids.

[Rod Paradise]

it is true that autistic children struggle to make friends,its more that they grow to get used to other children being around them.for some reason though other children love autistic kids.

Ah, I get you. I don't remember meeting anyone with autism, although I've worked with engineers who quite possibly had mild asperger's (which predisposes people to engineering apparently).

On a slightly related subject, there's a book by Elizabeth Moon called "Speed of Dark" which I read which seemed to deal with Autism very well (it's set in the future, but isn't really sci-fi), I recommended it to a mate with an autistic child & he said it was brilliantly written.... http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345447549/qid=1141039807/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_2_1/203-0529778-2780711.

Cheers,

Rod

[littlemissC]

thanks ill give ita try

[Gilbern74]

That's a great vid. Must show it to the missus who will shed a tear or two no doubt.

it is true that autistic children struggle to make friends,its more that they grow to get used to other children being around them.for some reason though other children love autistic kids.

That's close to home as my kids play a lot with a neighbours boy who has autism but is the salt of the earth. A truly loving caring kid, but simply prone to the occasional outburst.


On a slightly o/t side note, since I've been playing poker I seem to have developed torrets syndrome.

[RED-DOG]

It's funny, I see horror stories that tear me up inside and make me dispair for the future of mankind, but it's the stories of love, compassion and triumph in adversity that make me cry

[Rod Paradise]

It's funny, I see horror stories that tear me up inside and make me dispair for the future of mankind, but it's the stories of love, compassion and triumph in adversity that make me cry

Know what you mean Red, the bad & the horrible things that people can do just make me angry.... but see watching the reaction for that boy.... instant big soppy git.

[brad.strider]

man that was brilliant, one thing though, i take it he keeps his place in the team 20pts in 4 mins! hes gotta start next game