Autistic kid plays high school basketball game

Abusive comment hidden. Show it anyway. Damn you people are easily impressed. Nobody played defense on this tard. If I get out on the court and nobody plays D on me I'm going to drop 50 on you in the amount of time he did.

Impressive would have been the other team playing hard on him and he still did that well. This is equal to the swim race warren sapp had with michael phelps that sapp won after phelps gave him a 55 foot head start.

This is response to dsfgsdfgs What kind of comment is that? Was it even neccessary! This is an incredible story! It gives inspiration to so many people. Wasn't this a Boondocks episode? He's mentally handicapped. We hope you like what you see!

A year to the day after he stunned everyone by coming off the bench to score 20 points in four minutes in a high-school basketball game, autistic teen-ager Jason McElwain says he hopes his story is still inspiring others to set goals and achieve their dreams. Jason, then 17, was thrust into the spotlight when Greece Athena High School basketball coach Jim Johnson decided to send him onto the floor for a little play in the team's final regular season game against Spencerport on Feb.

Jason had never made the team but stayed on as team manager, and Coach Johnson thought a little playing time would be a fitting show of gratitude for his dedication.

Jason set the crowd into a frenzy when, after missing his first shot, he sank six three-pointers and a jump shot in the final four minutes. His achievement, captured on videotape, made him a national sensation. Letters still pour in from all over the world. People with autism write to thank Jason for serving as a beacon of hope for others. Still playing basketball In addition to his part-time job at a supermarket, Jason still plays in nightly pickup games at the "Y," but admits he has never been able to repeat the feat that got his name in newspapers and magazines from coast to coast.

Now there are even discussions about turning his life story into a book and movie. Jason said that he thought Matthew McConaughey should portray him on film. She said she hopes Jason's story will encourage other families with autistic children to identify the symptoms early and get treatments designed to foster communication skills before it is too late.