Learning about all these different brain disorders really opened my eyes to just how different everyone can be. In elementary school and middle school there was a boy in my classed who was diagnosed with Autism. He had a more severe case of Autism so he had a very tough time interacting in class. Even though he suffered from Autism he still played soccer and did other active activities. He was on my soccer team in second grade, we were the purple team i believe. The coach would tell Jacob, that was the boy's name, to be my shadow and that where ever I went on the field to do the same. When Jacob would get the ball, every kid on the field would stop so he could kick it. No one told anyone to do this but i guess everyone just knew that Jacob needed special help and this was one of the ways they could help out. Jacob no longer goes to hour school because after middle school he went to Syble Hopp. Last year i volunteered at the Special Olympics at Ashwaubenon High School and saw Jacob there. He was on the soccer team and seeing him out there just brought me back to those days on the soccer field with him. Before the Autism presentation i didn't realize there were so many different "levels" of Autism and now i feel i understand what Jacob had to go through a little better now.
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Nice job on the blog, Maxuel! I also did not know all the different types of Autism that there are until we did the presentations in class. I thought it was sweet how everyone let Jacob kick the ball when he was on the field. That was very nice of you to be cooperative and let him shadow you when you played with him. Again nice job on the blog. It was very heart-warming. :)
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