9-year-old David Militello, who has Asperger Sydnrome, has sung the “Star-Spangled Banner” at NBA games and before a Martin Luther King, Jr., rally in Atlanta; he also sang “Ben” on America’s Got Talent. On Sunday, 18-year-old Jessica Summers—who has autism and who, doctors said, would never speak—sang the national anthem to open the Cal Ripken Southwest Regional Championship in Maumelle, Arkansas. Go here to see, and hear.

19-year-old Erik Weber has graduated from Grossmont College with an associate’s degree and plans to attend Point Loma Nazarene University to get his bachelor’s degree, today’s Sign On San Diego reports. Weber was diagnosed with autism when he was 3 years old and was not really verbal until he was 8. His mother, Sandy Weber, attended college classes with him:
Erik and Sandy, 60, started with physical-education classes – ballroom dance, weight training, tai chi – before moving on to academics. Sometimes she would be in the same room as Erik; sometimes she would be in another part of the building …read more