Jonathan Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Video Here At a high school in the Northeast US, there is a kid with autism who helps the basketball team out in practice. For the last game of the season (his senior year), the coach decided to put him in for the last four minutes. He airballs his first shot, then goes completely insane, hitting a school record six 3-pointers, and scoring 20 points in 4 minutes. Guess the coach should have played him more during the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 What do I have to say... People who are autistic/Asperger syndrome are badass, i.e. me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Since CNN's video player is teh ghey, here's a link to a Sportscenter clip on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1SAsXXsryM&search=autistic Effing awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStitch626 Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 What do I have to say... People who are autistic/Asperger syndrome are badass, i.e. me. I'm Autistic you just can't really tell, I act a little hyper sometimes thats all. I also have Over obsessive disney disorder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What Now Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 ^ Same. Autistic people can accomplish anything if they have the interest. I believe most eningeers and Scientists are somewhere on the Autisum specturum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Yeah I work with Children and Adults with Autism and Aspergers all the time. I swear I've had better conversations and interactions with them then most adults! Plus, they can kick my butt in most of our Special Olympic Sports! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStitch626 Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Yeah I work with Children and Adults with Autism and Aspergers all the time. I swear I've had better conversations and interactions with them then most adults! Plus, they can kick my butt in most of our Special Olympic Sports! Aspergers, Wow thats exactly what I have although not very severe I guess thats why at young age its mis-diagnosed as A.D.D most times. Most people see me as a normal person I just tend to , be *cough* hyper at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougr Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 My daughter is on the autistic spectrum and she loves coasters. I've got some ADD symptoms and I love coasters. Something about shaking your brain.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 My son has autism and he is so amazing. Just less then 18 months ago he had only 20 words of speech. Now he is far above most kids his age. But, yes, people that have autism are so damn smart it isn't even funny. They may not have the best social skills (that is what the disorder is). Some people in the spectrum are called sauvants. Some are very smart in Math, music, science...and many more things. Most people have the impression that autism is very severe. Hell, I didn't even know about autism except for the movie Rain Man. That's what most people think. But, I am way off topic, kudos to that kid that scored a ton of points. It makes me proud to see all of these kids succeed more and more each day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingScooter Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 My girlfriends oldest son has Asbergers. His junior year in high school, he got fixated on Nazi germany. They ended up transfering him to a differant school due to death threats. I'm very glad he got over that fixation. It was getting spooky. Everytime we went to a restaurant, he'd start making racial comments about everyone and going start chanting 'zeik heil!' Now, he's fixated on college, and is doing pretty well. I agree with you, Elissa. When he's not in 'the mode' his conversations are incredible and quite articulate. He's also a Coaster fanatic, knowing way more about them then i ever will and a great artist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillMontu Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Wow! I'm not alone! I have some form of Aspergers, but I'm not good at many sports. I have all the other symptons - obsessions (computers, coasters, etc), an engineering degree, and minimal social life beyond this forum. Oh, and by the way, Kmart sucks! Shop at Target instead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Benvenuto Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 I have Asburgers myself, and my credit count is around 65-75. Well, don't you think that's good for a Teen of 15 years and is mentally disabled? that's just going to a few parks around the Midwest and in NY I'm coming to Japan with TPR for sure in 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hattuchili Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I´ve seen it in the news, that was awesome! To sad he hasn´t a chance to show it a few games before this one! --Sören Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the sound Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 ^ Yeah, might of gotten the team into the final. That kid is so awesome! We had a kid with asburger last year, and people insulted him all the time, however, me and a few other people noticed that his footballing skills (By this i mean AFL) were amazing! He was better then the people in the state team, but not many people were prepared to recognize it, Quite sad, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumguy Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Well, we autistic people focus on one thing at the cost of everything else. Which I always thought how the world works anyway. Bill Gates has been with Microsoft for 31 years, Warren Buffett took 40 years to be the richest investor, and Intamin and B&M did not get successful until a while. The problem, however is that we are so focused on something we forget the rest of the world exist and that's when problems arise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 This wasnt their last game and this past game he was on the bench once again with the coach with his suit and tie on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hercules Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I think this kid is awesome. I saw him and the coach of the team on Cold Pizza last week. Besides, he has more points in that short amount of time than I did in my whole career. Well, I had 5 points in 6 minutes in my first varsity game and then I blew my knee out and never played again, but hey, he had more points in the same amount of time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeistdude321 Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 His family is already getting calls from movie companies about his story, according to Sportscenter. I think his story would make an excellent movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Plus, they can kick my butt in most of our Special Olympic Sports! Well, thats because you arent Special! You could try and pull a "Ringer" but that wouldnt be nice would it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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