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Title: Autistic kid creates mayhem @ basketball game
Post by: Red Tail 444 on February 27, 2006, 02:45:42 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBYPaNc57Ik

Jason McElwain, an autistic high school basketball team member in Rochester NY, served as the coach's assistant and spirit leader for several years. On the final game of the season the coach let him finally put on a jersey with the rest of the team. Watch what happens then...
Title: Autistic kid creates mayhem @ basketball game
Post by: Ripsnort on February 27, 2006, 02:54:43 PM: Was this the kid that hit 6 3-pointers in the final 2 minutes of the game? (Can't open link, as I'm working)
Title: Autistic kid creates mayhem @ basketball game
Post by: Red Tail 444 on February 27, 2006, 02:57:04 PM: Yeah, that's the kid. I don't have a soundcard at work, but it looked pretty exciting even w/o audio.

A friend sent me the link, I was concerned that it was going to be some sort of flame against autistic kids. I'm glad he proved me wrong.
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Post by: Ripsnort on February 27, 2006, 03:01:06 PM: They had a 1 minute spot on the local news last night. Heart-warming news story. :aok
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Post by: GtoRA2 on February 27, 2006, 03:03:33 PM: Thats awsome!
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Post by: USHilDvl on February 27, 2006, 03:19:39 PM: WTFG, kid...:aok

...and ~~to his coach, for seeing to it that this kid's got a memory of a lifetime.~~
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Post by: eagl on February 27, 2006, 03:32:26 PM: Amazing.

Then again, why *shouldn't* an autistic kid who's been helping train a B-ball team have a good game? Some autistic kids I know are able to intensely focus on things that they care about, and this kid really cared about hoops, so maybe it shouldn't suprise anyone that after a few first-shot jitters, he entered "the zone" and did really well?

Anyhow, nice film clip. I wonder if anyone else will give him a chance to really play... I sure hope so.

Remind anyone of Forrest Gump? Maybe he'll get a BBall college scholarship :)
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Post by: Curval on February 27, 2006, 03:39:46 PM: That was great. Thanks for posting it.:aok
Title: Cool!!
Post by: Kaw1000 on February 27, 2006, 03:52:11 PM: Thanks for posting!!!:aok
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Post by: Meatwad on February 27, 2006, 03:54:51 PM: Heard that story on Paul Harvey several days ago. Pretty neat!!!
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Post by: DREDIOCK on February 27, 2006, 04:43:24 PM: Amazing. Nice to see something positive on the news for a change.

and oh what a positive.

OFS!
Title: Autistic kid creates mayhem @ basketball game
Post by: Red Tail 444 on February 27, 2006, 05:43:22 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Ripsnort
They had a 1 minute spot on the local news last night. Heart-warming news story. :aok

other than enjoying to fly the F4U-1, this might be the first time we agreed on anything :aok
Title: Autistic kid creates mayhem @ basketball game
Post by: Bodhi on February 27, 2006, 05:54:10 PM: nice story, amazing the news put something up other then gloom and doom!
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Post by: Ripsnort on February 27, 2006, 05:56:54 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Red Tail 444
other than enjoying to fly the F4U-1, this might be the first time we agreed on anything :aok

We'll agree on alot more things once you get to my age! :aok :rofl
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Post by: xrtoronto on February 27, 2006, 05:58:46 PM: that's really a great story!:)
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Post by: Hawklore on February 27, 2006, 06:01:10 PM: Chills running down my back how supportive the crowd was!!

This outdoes that football one.
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Post by: weaselsan on February 27, 2006, 06:05:11 PM: Thanx...it made my day. His 20 points was something, but the reaction of those high school kids was really outstanding.
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Post by: majic on February 27, 2006, 06:11:03 PM: Awesome. Great stuff. Thanks.
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Post by: Seagoon on February 27, 2006, 10:10:40 PM: Link says movie not available? Am I the only one getting this error?
Title: Autistic kid creates mayhem @ basketball game
Post by: xrtoronto on February 27, 2006, 10:16:58 PM: I just checked for you seagoon, and it says not available...
Title: Autistic kid creates mayhem @ basketball game
Post by: xrtoronto on February 27, 2006, 10:27:08 PM: Seagoon (and others) I think you will find the same clip in the middle of this page: game footage (http://www.wpxi.com/sports/7398385/detail.html)

you'll enjoy this
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Post by: Maverick on February 28, 2006, 11:55:31 AM: I saw it on the news as well. Great story about a great success for this kid. I did wonder if the coach later kicked himself in the butt for not having put that kid in games earlier in the season. Can you imagine the season they could have had if the kid played like that in several games!
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Post by: Morpheus on February 28, 2006, 01:07:48 PM: saw this on the good morning america the other day... very cool.
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Post by: Seagoon on February 28, 2006, 03:08:01 PM: Hey Toronto,

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Originally posted by Morpheus
saw this on the good morning america the other day... very cool.

Thanks for going out of your way to post a link to that, I appreciated getting to see it. Kind of the 1 minute version of Rudy.

It makes me wonder if he might get some calls from college recruiters because of this..

- SEAGOON
Title: Autistic kid creates mayhem @ basketball game
Post by: lasersailor184 on February 28, 2006, 03:49:50 PM: Quote
It makes me wonder if he might get some calls from college recruiters because of this..

No. He's still the manager for the team, even after graduating.

The stories actually a little old. I saw it on HBO many months ago, and even then the story was old. It's just been making the rounds on the internet recently.
Title: Autistic kid creates mayhem @ basketball game
Post by: DREDIOCK on February 28, 2006, 07:26:09 PM: If the link at the top of the page wont work for anyone you can see the same one here

http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/1667265/ (http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/1667265/)

I know I tried Emailing it to a few friends and they were telling me the clip wasnt available
Title: Autistic kid creates mayhem @ basketball game
Post by: SirLoin on March 01, 2006, 04:37:50 AM: Thnx Dred..Great ending to an amazing story!:aok
Title: Autistic kid creates mayhem @ basketball game
Post by: FiLtH on March 01, 2006, 05:00:17 AM: Nice story. He reminds me of the actor who played in Titanic.
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Post by: Mini D on March 01, 2006, 07:28:59 AM: A co-worker was watching this video the other day and told us what it was about, then told us he went to that high-school. Small world.
Title: Autistic kid creates mayhem @ basketball game
Post by: SirLoin on March 01, 2006, 04:52:35 PM: i had to watch that again...:D
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Post by: midnight Target on March 01, 2006, 04:55:11 PM: Great story. Loved the crowd reactions.
Title: Autistic kid creates mayhem @ basketball game
Post by: Red Tail 444 on March 03, 2006, 03:28:31 PM: Still get chills with the kids storming the court at the end. even w/o sound, freat story.