Oct 20
Canadian athlete and autistic self-advocate Alex Bain, who is 20 years old, ran his first full marathon today. His previous running experience includes several half-marathons. In July 2006, Alex ran a series of half-marathons across Prince Edward Island to raise money for seminars presented by Dennis Debbaudt to educate police officers and firefighters about how [...] [...more]
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Canadian athlete and autistic self-advocate Alex Bain, who is 20 years old, ran his first full marathon today. His previous running experience includes several half-marathons. In July 2006, Alex ran a series of half-marathons across Prince Edward Island to raise money for seminars presented by Dennis Debbaudt to educate police officers and firefighters about how to interact with autistic people in emergency situations. For his efforts in raising awareness and acceptance of autism, Alex received an award from the P.E.I. Council of the Disabled.
Alex’s marathon time was 3:29:29, and he came in 45th out of 201 runners. Congrats!
Update, November 23: Alex has just been named a 2009 iRun Award Winner.
Oct 12
Sammy Xerri, an 11-year-old Aspergian boy who plans to become a firefighter, built a working miniature fire truck in his garage with parts from Home Depot. He takes it on neighborhood calls to put out small grass fires. His local fire department in Pickering, Ontario, has encouraged his interest by providing stickers for his truck [...] [...more]
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Sammy Xerri, an 11-year-old Aspergian boy who plans to become a firefighter, built a working miniature fire truck in his garage with parts from Home Depot. He takes it on neighborhood calls to put out small grass fires. His local fire department in Pickering, Ontario, has encouraged his interest by providing stickers for his truck and inviting him to visit open house events.
He recently attended a junior firefighters’ camp and received an award for his exceptional knowledge of fire fighting and fire safety. His mother says that “a fire manual is his bedtime reading.”