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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.
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.
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 ]
For one day, a mother of a middle school kid with autism didn't have to worry if her son was eating lunch alone. That's because one Florida State football player made sure Bo Paske had a lunch buddy.
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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. [6]
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Lisa Christina Llorens, OAM [1] (born 17 January 1978) [2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete. She was born in Canberra. [2] She specialises in Paralympic high jumping, long jumping, and sprinting, participating in competitions for athletes with autism. [3] Llorens is known as "The Cheetah" because she has a great affinity with cheetahs.