Special Olympics Qualifier (continued)

Here are the videos of Robb actually swimming in the Qualifier. He got off to a little bit of a bumpy start, but he finished strong making this race his first completed unassisted swim!

At Special Olympics qualifier!!!

the sign for autism

  


  If you take the pictures above and string them together you will get the sign for autism. I do not know and am not able to find why they choose this, but I have a theory. My theory is this, my brother is smart. I know that because I see it every day from the way he gets mad whenever we make a wrong turn on the way to school, or the way he picks things up and they throws them on the ground to get attention. He even pointed to my brothers name "Poe" in Edgar Allen Poe, a famous poet, when his name was written on the board. It was like he was saying "that's my brother's name!". Many people just believe that because he isn't able to express himself in the way this society expects people to he is stupid. You may be asking yourself, how does this have to do with the sign for autism? Think about it...is the sign for autism is like a wall going around the face, it is like a wall going around what is going on in Robb's mind. Robb is trapped in his mind in a way, not able to show his true knowledge, and not only that the letter that is making that wall, that is trapping him in the sign (the letter your hand makes) is an "a". A for autism. I am not saying autism traps him, but I am saying in the society we live in autism traps him. I hope someday this will change, but until then this is the world we have made. That is the sign for autism.

Current Events 4/4

What happened: Michael Kelley, a 19 year old kid with autism and down-syndrome, became an official member of the San Antonio Scorpions yesterday after Gordon Hartman heard of this boy's story. Michael had been wearing a letterman jacket as he was representing his school in a special needs sports league, and after a mother complained he hadn't deserved the jacket, it was removed by the staff. Hartman heard this, and not only flew him up to San Antonia to become a Scorpion, he also took him to visit Morgan's Wonderland a place Michael has wanted to go for some time!

Article: Kansas teen stripped of letterman jacket visits Morgan’s Wonderland

Reflection: I just can't believe anyone would say this boy didn't earn his jacket! This boy, as his mother said, had to overcome so many obstacles having both autism and down-syndrome, and the only thing that that woman did by taking his jacket from him is make the boy fell bad and bring him down. Hartman showed us the silver lining of this incident by bringing him to San Antonio, and he gave Michael something he truly deserved and earned.

Autism Awareness Day and Month

Today, the second of April is: Autism Awareness Day
This is the day is globally celebrated to raise awareness of autism everywhere!
So raise the blue flag, and let's solve the puzzle that is autism!