Autistic Teen's Hoop Dreams Come True

(This is such a sweet story. Have tissues! eaprez)

It was the stuff of Hollywood, but it was real.

Senior Jason McElwain had been the manager of the varsity basketball team of Greece Athena High School in Rochester, N.Y.

McElwain, who's autistic, was added to the roster by coach Jim Johnson so he could be given a jersey and get to sit on the bench in the team's last game of the year.

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Here's a different video of the story on Crooks & Liars.