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.
Aug 14
The recently released film Just Add Water describes the life, talents, and challenges of 19-year-old champion surfer Clay Marzo, who recently received an Asperger diagnosis. He has won three NSSA National surfing titles and has appeared in several surf movies. A portion of the proceeds from the film, which is expected to be available in [...] [...more]
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The recently released film Just Add Water describes the life, talents, and challenges of 19-year-old champion surfer Clay Marzo, who recently received an Asperger diagnosis. He has won three NSSA National surfing titles and has appeared in several surf movies.
A portion of the proceeds from the film, which is expected to be available in stores in October, will be donated to the charitable foundation Surfer’s Healing. The foundation seeks to enrich the lives of autistic children and their families through the experience of surfing.
May 12
Autistic teenager Kyle Cramer of Coburg, Oregon, who has set records in archery and has won state and national championships, hopes to compete in the Olympics. He took up the sport after watching the movie “The Lord of the Rings” because his favorite character was the archer Legolas. Kyle’s archery instructor and his father both [...] [...more]
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Autistic teenager Kyle Cramer of Coburg, Oregon, who has set records in archery and has won state and national championships, hopes to compete in the Olympics. He took up the sport after watching the movie “The Lord of the Rings” because his favorite character was the archer Legolas.
Kyle’s archery instructor and his father both agree that Kyle’s autism helps him to succeed in archery because of his excellent ability to focus and concentrate. Kyle is very dedicated to the sport and regularly practices shooting arrows in his backyard or at an indoor archery range after school.