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Monday, February 20, 2012

Some Autistic Kids Unlikely to Become the Next Jeremy Lin | California Father

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Some Autistic Kids Unlikely to Become the Next Jeremy Lin

I just got through cajoling my seven-year-old to practice tying his shoe and will continue cajoling him when he gets home from the supermarket with his mother to practice riding his bike. Physical activity isn’t his cup of tea, which makes it difficult for him to play the type of games that little kids value (e.g., throwing a ball) and to perform tasks that are pretty important at school (unzipping his fly to take a pee). Hooray for the authors of this study who have determined that autistic kids have physical challenges beyond not being able to look you in the