"Everything About Him is Perfect"

by Kristina Chew · 2009-03-01 15:49:00 UTC
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Ernie Els and his son Ben
Said golfer Ernie Els about his son, Ben, who's on the autism spectrum, in a recent USA Today article:

"You can't help but feel for this kid, Ben..........He's a healthy kid and everything about him is perfect. He's just not going to be a, call it normal, kid one day. You're not going to play the same sport and he's not going to do the same things as you envisioned. That's the hard part."

But our kids can do things that we've yet perhaps to envision----just one of the things about my own that makes him, yes, perfect.

And here's hoping that Els, who's to compete in the Honda Classic in the upcoming week, will use his celebrity to promote this message.

Photo from Unity for Autism.

Kristina Chew
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