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Autistic Kid Rocks Basketball Court
#5335161 - 02/24/06 02:58 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I don't even think I can make a 3 pointer.
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Re: Autistic Kid Rocks Basketball Court [Re: Stonerguy]
#5335202 - 02/24/06 03:10 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Nice. What a great fealing.
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Not trying to be negative or anything but you know those same kids going crazy, were the same ones making fun of him the day before.
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Yes. Autistic people have a lot of talents I suppose. I remember seeing a show on them on 60 Minutes where they had these guys who we're thought to be doomed, but a lot of them we're highly gifted in clay modeling, piano, and painting. I heard most of the people who played piano well could only play BACK what they just listened to, however. .still, not a common talent for anyone, and probably a good enough way to keep them financially sound.
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Re: Autistic Kid Rocks Basketball Court [Re: Spenny]
#5335222 - 02/24/06 03:17 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Spenny said: Yes. Autistic people have a lot of talents I suppose.
Actaully alot of autistic people have one talent that they are SO good at. My freinds little bro is autistic when he was 3 years old he could turn the peices to a united states puzzle on the back side and put them together. He still has a niche for doing puzzles that even I couldn't figure out and he is 7 or 8 now.
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Re: Autistic Kid Rocks Basketball Court [Re: Stonerguy]
#5335232 - 02/24/06 03:19 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Stonerguy said: Not trying to be negative or anything but you know those same kids going crazy, were the same ones making fun of him the day before.
And how do you know this? Not everybody in the world hangs out in OTD ya know. Theres actually good people out there who treat everybody like human beings.
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That's awesome 
Did you see the other team chase him down to congratulate him . Now thats what sports should be about . Much better game when you remove the mega-bucks . It's all about the game .
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That was awesome! Jerked a tear outta danksis.
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Stonerguy said: Not trying to be negative or anything but you know those same kids going crazy, were the same ones making fun of him the day before.
And how do you know this? Not everybody in the world hangs out in OTD ya know. Theres actually good people out there who treat everybody like human beings.
How do I know? I was in high school once not to long ago.
I agree not everybody is an asshole to mentally ill people but at a high school......
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Re: Autistic Kid Rocks Basketball Court [Re: Stonerguy]
#5335245 - 02/24/06 03:22 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Stonerguy said:
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I_was_the_walrus said:
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Stonerguy said: Not trying to be negative or anything but you know those same kids going crazy, were the same ones making fun of him the day before.
And how do you know this? Not everybody in the world hangs out in OTD ya know. Theres actually good people out there who treat everybody like human beings.
How do I know? I was in high school once not to long ago.
I agree not everybody is an asshole to mentally ill people but at a high school......
Yeah, at a high school it's like no rules...until you are caught. Hell, I know people who made fun of kids for being molested.
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Re: Autistic Kid Rocks Basketball Court [Re: Spenny]
#5335274 - 02/24/06 03:29 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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its the hip..hip-hip..hiphopanonymous.
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I_was_the_walrus said: its the hip..hip-hip..hiphopanonymous.
*hip....hip-hop...hiphopanonomous
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Re: Autistic Kid Rocks Basketball Court [Re: Spenny]
#5335290 - 02/24/06 03:34 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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If there's one thing that pisses me off, it's assholes that make fun of people with disabilities, whether they be physical or mental.
There were a bunch of kids with down syndrome in a special program in my high school, one of the kids was namesd Adam, he was like 26 and working on getting a high school diploma. He actually wound up graduating with his little sister who was in my grade, she was 8 years younger than him.
I played basketball with his little sister, and we was her constant cheerleader, running up and down the court on the sidelines and screaming her name, he was always so proud of her. One game, the players from the other team started pointing at him and laughing, some of them even tossed stuff when he ran by the bench, like water and stuff, some spit water at him, some just called him terrible names. He retreated to the bleachers with tears in his eyes.
Our principal and athletic director came in to the locker room at halftime and without saying it in so many words, strongly encouraged us to play an extremely rough second half, and make them think twice about making fun of a guy who happens to be retarded.
Noone got seriously hurt, but there were a lot of girls on the other team who deeply regretted the way they acted in the first half - lots of accidental black eyes fighting for rebounds, plenty of blocked shots in to girls faces...that type of thing. I got suspended for a few games for spitting in the coaches face after the game for allowing her players to behave in such an immature manner.
In my opinion, (I watched the video about that autistic kid a few days ago) everyone was genuinely happy for him. The entire crowd was cheering, the bench was going nuts, and they specifically said that the kid works with the team every day, helping out.
I think it's pretty sad that people automatically assume that this is all just for that 1 day, and that there are not people in the world that are actually genuinely nice, and happy for a kid who happens to be a little different.
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I dunno, we had a special kid as our waterboy when I was in school, we didn't make fun of him. There's something cool about a "special" kid that can't perform on the same level school-wise but can get into sports hardcore. It's kind of endearing.
that was an awesome video by the way.
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Re: Autistic Kid Rocks Basketball Court [Re: Liz]
#5335322 - 02/24/06 03:42 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I think it's pretty sad that people automatically assume that this is all just for that 1 day, and that there are not people in the world that are actually genuinely nice, and happy for a kid who happens to be a little different.
I am not saying that there arn't people like that! Out of the kids that ran on to the court atleast 25% of them has made fun of him and I would even put my money on 50%.
But there ARE more assholes than nice people expecially in high school.
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Re: Autistic Kid Rocks Basketball Court [Re: Stonerguy]
#5335338 - 02/24/06 03:46 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I don't agree with that. If the kid was getting ragged on all the time, why would he continue to work with the team? 
There's definitely different degrees of autism, I spent a summer working with autistic kids, and from the clip of him talking, his case seems to be fairly mild. Maybe he's treated like everyone else, as all people should be.
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Re: Autistic Kid Rocks Basketball Court [Re: Liz]
#5335342 - 02/24/06 03:48 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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All I know, autistic or not, that kid is a legend in that school now
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Re: Autistic Kid Rocks Basketball Court [Re: Boom]
#5335352 - 02/24/06 03:50 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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yea.. he'll prolly get a plaque in the trophy case or sumthin
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Re: Autistic Kid Rocks Basketball Court [Re: Liz]
#5335358 - 02/24/06 03:53 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I don't feel like arguing about if an autistic kid gets made fun of.
On a lighter note He was one fire. "hot as a pistole!!"
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