Sunday, October 11, 2009
Feel good story??
Am I the only one who reads this differently? I think this story is a bit sickening and terrifically sad. This boy was obviously a talented basketball player but because he was autistic he was never considered to be an actual player. Just the token special ed water boy despite obvious basketball talent. This is NOT inclusion.
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Yeah, I was thinking, "gee, coach, don't you feel great knowing that he's been a huge talent all these years you've made him towel off the 'real' players?" At the same time, the kid didn't seem to feel any resentment at all - just seemed happy to be involved and took his job very seriously, which is awesome. I thought his comment at the end of the video was really sad, that he had never felt like that before, so happy. Mixed feelings, I guess - both feel-good and head-scratching.
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