This story is nothing to so with vaccines or Andrew Wakefield but all to do with a genuine autism hero. A man who risked – and lost – his own life to help an autistic friend:
on Monday afternoon Dunn was ‘doing what he often did: teaching a student a life lesson by walking him across the street to buy a soda.’ According to police, a public transit bus was turning left and hit Dunn, while barely missing the student. Illinois State Police are investigating ‘initial witness statements that Dunn pushed the child out of harm’s way.’
Aside from the weirdness of referring to a 19yo as a child, this report genuinely moved me. Amid the sordid crap coming from the autism-vaccine community about their hero, its uplifting to read a story about a genuine man with genuine motives who did nothing except exemplify the human spirit. I hope my autistic child meets many like Thomas James Dunn throughout her life and I hope his family can take solace from the fact that their father/husband/son was and is a true hero.
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I’m guessing the “child” in the story was Autistic? You know how the media refuses to understand that people with Autism aren’t “children for the rest of their lives.”
I’m guessing the “child” in the story was Autistic? You know how the media refuses to understand that people with Autism aren’t “children for the rest of their lives”
They may have referred to the young man as a “child” because he was still in school. Doesn’t make it right, just may be the reason. God bless you, Mr. Dunn, and rest in peace knowing you saved a life.
A nice video about Dunn’s act:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/video?id=7881639
yep. a serious autism hero. very few such people about, and Mr. Dunn was one of these.
Thomas James Dunn is the angel of British Isles origin!
As far as calling Dunn a “child”, it is odd, even “over here”. I suppose somebody might justify it on the grounds that the US drinking age is 21 (which I think just makes people less responsible when they do start drinking).