The Power of a Dream Changes Lives!

http://www.parklanedreamteam.com

This is an inspiring story about Jason McElwain, an autistic teen who was chosen to manage his high school basketball team because of his unending enthusiasm. You've just got to watch where his enthusiasm took him... and the rest of us!

As Jason put it "the sky's the limit"; "give all the effort that you can to your dream"; and "never give up".

That sounds like a recipe for success to me!

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[mowriter]

Bet that coach felt like a retard for not putting him into the game years earlier. Who wants to bet Jason was limited ONLY by the myth that he was "supposed" to be limited, not by any actual limitation?!

We need to get off hamstringing kids by using titles to make ourselves feel better.

[vialisa]

@linkenski Feel bad huh? Autism People are born different - that's all they are intelligent - capable and loving human beings... why would anyone feel bad for them... different isn't a bad thing... normal people scare me -watch the movie.... feel bad for people that have negative feelings about autism... they are the ones with a disability....

[DoNotLaughAtMe]

@badback64 yeah I know I love how millions of people die of cancer, millions of innocent people dying of starvation!

all praise god for his holy work of destroying us!!!

[tliechti16]

i got goosebumps. this is sick.

[badback64]

God is so Good!! Praise Him!!

[09connell1]

im autistc - Asperger syndrome please tell me shud i bee nba player or rapper im good at basket ball i am 10 i can can nearly do 3 pointer but im not that good at rhyming please inbox me or coment

[bkttkb3214]

This story is so touching, and people who don't understand autism are making comments that he doesn't seem autistic. You would have to be around someone who has autism. The spectrum is so, so wide. My son is autistic and he struggles with language, but he is so sweet, loving, and caring of others. It hurts me to see him pushed aside by people because they don't know how to interact with him. He is sometimes treated like a throw-aside, so yes it warms my heart to see a story like this.

[JonniDDR]

Relax everyone the kid is not even that disabled, they exaggerate his disability to sell the story.

[mtcameron3]

I don't know if I've met people as happy as those "tainted" by autism. So what if they are challenged in ways that others aren't? I see "average" people that struggle with all sorts of things everyday, including me. Struggle is inevitable. But most of the autistic kids I've seen, they don't care about their limitations. They enjoy life more than anyone, and really, what more is there to life then that? Blessings and accomplishments are nothing without happiness.