Autistic high school football player makes tackle, has entire audience going wild

[HDLSeanWiley]

What do you think? Is it inspirational or should it be just as normal as any other NT doing the same? Football player with autism ecstatic after making play

 

[SDRSpark]

I don't know anything about football, and I'm assuming this would be an accomplishment no matter who does it.

The fact that "autism" is in the headline and is clearly the focus of the article really bugs me. I'm not sure if this would be considered newsworthy if he weren't seen as "disabled" and therefore it's "surprising" that he has skills.

 

[Sherlock77]

Alright...

We don't know what level of autism he is, that makes a big difference to me... As we all know, some HFA people are far less obvious then other people with autism

I have a diagnosis of HFA (within the last few months), I have dabbled for years in photography, no I'm not famous yet... If (a big "if" ) I ever become famous, would I become the "street photographer with Asperger's"? Would I want that label?

If I was to be interviewed for my photography I'm not sure I would even bring that up, or should I? Perhaps it would be an encouragement to other people

 

[SDRSpark]

Alright...

We don't know what level of autism he is, that makes a big difference to me... As we all know, some HFA people are far less obvious then other people with autism

I have a diagnosis of HFA (within the last few months), I have dabbled for years in photography, no I'm not famous yet... If (a big "if" ) I ever become famous, would I become the "street photographer with Asperger's"? Would I want that label?

If I was to be interviewed for my photography I'm not sure I would even bring that up, or should I? Perhaps it would be an encouragement to other people

Personally, I wouldn't, except in passing. It would royally piss me off to become known for my disability (unless, of course, my work was specifically for activism, and then it would be relevant).

Of course, being female bodied, I get unnecessarily angry when I see the same thing happening to women/girls - someone accomplishes something that would be an accomplishment for anyone and all the media can focus on is the fact that they happen to be female.