Student with Down syndrome wins writing contest about friends with autism
The (Appleton) Post-Crescent
Marcus Christenson has great affection for his buddies across the hall in Room 1128 at Appleton East High School.
While his friends spend much of their day in classes tailored for students with autism, Christenson, 17, who has Down syndrome, takes classes geared more to young people with cognitive delays.
But that doesn’t stop him from keeping tabs on guys like Andy Wussow and Phillip Clark, and looking forward to hanging out with them during lunch hour, taking trips into the community together to places like the YMCA, sledding hills and Fox Cities Stadium and doing the chicken dance with them at dance parties.
And it doesn’t stop him from writing his signature letters, which get delivered to them via his favorite teacher, Carla Roberts, who teaches in both the autism and cognitive disabilities departments.
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No Comments | Category: Autism, Down Syndrome | Tags: Autism, Down Syndrome, school
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