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There are videos out there, acts of some type caught on tape, that never cease to amaze.
This is one of those. We know it’s been around for a while, some of us in MM have seen it before, but we re-watched it again today and the goosebumps are still there.
Jason McElwain is autistic. He’s the manager of his high school’s basketball team. But watch what happens when he’s allowed on the court for the final minutes of a game.
Watch.
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Right, let's ignore the requirement for political correctness here. Yes, sit back and consider word order if you must: autistic kid, kid with autism...same difference, really. I simply see a moment of mutual pride, joy and adrenaline when I watch this clip. I get goosebumps the size of Mount Everest when I watch it because you just feel so incredibly happy for the kid. Why? Because he is different. No point beating around the bush. He's different and what's so wrong with that?
Firstly, I know it's just words but could future articles use terms such as "a child who has autism" rather than "autistic child". We don't refer to children with diabetes as "a diabetic kid" but rather as a child who just happens to have diabetes.
I saw this video recently and even though I have a son who has mild autism the video or at least the mass circulation of it seems
tokenistic. All kids just want to be like everyone else but this almost says well isn't it great that Jason can play but let's get back to business with the real team tomorrow.
I know that when my son gets to team sports
age I hope that he is on a team because he has the relevant skills rather than because someone thinks it's politically correct to put the "special needs" kids on the team.
Sorry fitting is a great thing but it needs to be genuine in it's motivation.