Today, I received a link to watch a news story about a young autistic teen. On the Internet today, he's known as the autistic basketball player. His name is Jason Mcelwain, and he is from Greece, New York. This past week, he was given the opportunity to play the last four minutes of his school's basketball game.
Jason had been serving as the coach's assistant all year. Because of his hard work all year, the coach invited him to put on the uniform and sit with the players for the last game of the year. "Just so he would know what it feels like to be on the team," the report said. But with four minutes left to go in the game, coach stood up and pointed to Jason to go in.
What transpired is simply magical. This is the feel good story of 2006. Hell, I take that back. It is one of the most inspirational things I've seen.
Praises to the coach for giving Jason a chance! And thanks Jason for giving us something extraordinary to cheer about!
Click here to view the story.
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