OT 14: Sportsballs Deep
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 5:14 pm
Wow, you must have really tired yourself out there, Mr.
That is a bit of news to brighten anyone's day.fledonfoot wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:43 pm I'm so incredibly proud of my kid brother in law. His basketball team is out in Seattle right now and they are kicking so much ass, it's unreal.
Tommy was born premature, with fetal alcohol syndrome and prenatal cocaine exposure. His birth mother was in and out of jail for drugs and several other issues for years, and was back in when Tommy was born. My in-laws adopted him and he came home at two days old. He is significantly developmentally disabled. He's 16 years old now, but is effectively maybe half that age, has significant social, anxiety and anger issues along with the neuro and communication disorders.
He's a fantastic kid and loves sports. He's played basketball, football and lacrosse for as long as I can remember - at 6' tall and 200lbs at 16 years old he's filling in nicely. The team environment does well and the structure of practice and set plays does wonders for his life skills.
A few months ago his team won the NJ Special Olympics tournament and the right to go to the Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle. Their team is a "unified" team which includes kids and coaches with and without intellectual disabilities competing together. It's an amazing group.
They just swept the tournament and won Gold.
They also just won the right to represent the USA at the Special Olympics World games in March 2019... in Abu Dhabi. Right now basketball isn't confirmed on the schedule but we're going to push like hell to get it there.
So, so stoked for this kid.
That's wonderful, man. Your in-laws sound like great people. Seriously 5/7.fledonfoot wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:43 pm I'm so incredibly proud of my kid brother in law. His basketball team is out in Seattle right now and they are kicking so much ass, it's unreal.
Tommy was born premature, with fetal alcohol syndrome and prenatal cocaine exposure. His birth mother was in and out of jail for drugs and several other issues for years, and was back in when Tommy was born. My in-laws adopted him and he came home at two days old. He is significantly developmentally disabled. He's 16 years old now, but is effectively maybe half that age, has significant social, anxiety and anger issues along with the neuro and communication disorders.
He's a fantastic kid and loves sports. He's played basketball, football and lacrosse for as long as I can remember - at 6' tall and 200lbs at 16 years old he's filling in nicely. The team environment does well and the structure of practice and set plays does wonders for his life skills.
A few months ago his team won the NJ Special Olympics tournament and the right to go to the Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle. Their team is a "unified" team which includes kids and coaches with and without intellectual disabilities competing together. It's an amazing group.
They just swept the tournament and won Gold.
They also just won the right to represent the USA at the Special Olympics World games in March 2019... in Abu Dhabi. Right now basketball isn't confirmed on the schedule but we're going to push like hell to get it there.
So, so stoked for this kid.
fledonfoot wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:43 pm I'm so incredibly proud of my kid brother in law. His basketball team is out in Seattle right now and they are kicking so much ass, it's unreal.
Tommy was born premature, with fetal alcohol syndrome and prenatal cocaine exposure. His birth mother was in and out of jail for drugs and several other issues for years, and was back in when Tommy was born. My in-laws adopted him and he came home at two days old. He is significantly developmentally disabled. He's 16 years old now, but is effectively maybe half that age, has significant social, anxiety and anger issues along with the neuro and communication disorders.
He's a fantastic kid and loves sports. He's played basketball, football and lacrosse for as long as I can remember - at 6' tall and 200lbs at 16 years old he's filling in nicely. The team environment does well and the structure of practice and set plays does wonders for his life skills.
A few months ago his team won the NJ Special Olympics tournament and the right to go to the Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle. Their team is a "unified" team which includes kids and coaches with and without intellectual disabilities competing together. It's an amazing group.
They just swept the tournament and won Gold.
They also just won the right to represent the USA at the Special Olympics World games in March 2019... in Abu Dhabi. Right now basketball isn't confirmed on the schedule but we're going to push like hell to get it there.
So, so stoked for this kid.
Well that is awesome.fledonfoot wrote:I'm so incredibly proud of my kid brother in law. His basketball team is out in Seattle right now and they are kicking so much ass, it's unreal.
Tommy was born premature, with fetal alcohol syndrome and prenatal cocaine exposure. His birth mother was in and out of jail for drugs and several other issues for years, and was back in when Tommy was born. My in-laws adopted him and he came home at two days old. He is significantly developmentally disabled. He's 16 years old now, but is effectively maybe half that age, has significant social, anxiety and anger issues along with the neuro and communication disorders.
He's a fantastic kid and loves sports. He's played basketball, football and lacrosse for as long as I can remember - at 6' tall and 200lbs at 16 years old he's filling in nicely. The team environment does well and the structure of practice and set plays does wonders for his life skills.
A few months ago his team won the NJ Special Olympics tournament and the right to go to the Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle. Their team is a "unified" team which includes kids and coaches with and without intellectual disabilities competing together. It's an amazing group.
They just swept the tournament and won Gold.
They also just won the right to represent the USA at the Special Olympics World games in March 2019... in Abu Dhabi. Right now basketball isn't confirmed on the schedule but we're going to push like hell to get it there.
So, so stoked for this kid.