Minor Issues: A simple basketball class brings so much value to my autistic daughter
While disability sports may sometimes seem like a niche activity, there is nothing exclusive about being disabled. PHOTO: UNSPLASH
SINGAPORE – When my daughter with autism, Kate, started playing basketball, her ball used to fall far short of the net. She would ready herself, bend her knees as if to jump – and the feeble ball would then barely clear a person's head.
All manner of demonstrations and exhortations – people cheering for her, trying to draw her attention to the basket or enthusiastically telling her 'higher, over here, like this!' – made little difference. At first.
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