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Jason McElwain, nicknamed J-Mac (born October 20, 1988), is an American amateur athlete in basketball and marathon running, and a public speaker with high-functioning autism. In a 2006 high-school basketball game, he scored 20 points in the final few minutes of the contest, a feat which attracted international media attention.
Breanna Clark (born November 4, 1994) is an American Paralympic athlete who has competed in T20 category races. She was diagnosed with autism at age four. [ 1 ]
She was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, and began swimming at a young age after her mother took her to Lowestoft and Oulton Broad Swimming Club. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Educated at Ormiston Venture Academy , by the age of 13 she was setting regional records and was selected for a UK sporting talent programme.
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He helped to establish the Fox Supports program and established the Autism Speaks 400, now known as the "AAA 400 Drive for Autism" at Dover International Speedway. Kempner received the 2015 OM Foundation Award in February 2015 in Cincinnati at The National Sports Forum, the largest cross-team sports sales and marketing conference in North America.
Famous Black athletes span all sports, from football and basketball to tennis and gymnastics. This article focuses on 10 whose excellence made them household names and changed their sports forever.
Swim Team is a 2016 American documentary sports film about a competitive swim team of teenagers on the autism spectrum.The film was directed and produced by Lara Stolman. It premiered at the 2016 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival and was released in theaters in the United States on July 7, 2017.