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Young Adult With Autism Reaches For the Stars

July 5, 2018 By Maureen Stanton

Photo by Bruce Zake for the Cleveland Clinic.

The Cleveland Clinic recently profiled an ambitious teen with autism who continues to defy expectations. At age 3, he could not walk, talk or easily swallow food. His doctors in Israel suggested a lifetime of institutionalization. Not content with that plan his parents pursued other options. Today, this same young man just completed his freshman year of college.

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