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Player with Down Syndrome Scores touchdown (touching)

submitted by dw1117

1 decade 5 years 2 months 1 week ago

Matt Ziesel of Benton High School in Missouri scores a touchdown for his team to make the score 46-6. Matt - who's a huge football fan - has Down Syndrome, and his coach asked the opposing team to let Matt get the TD he's always dreamed of. Here's his scoring run.

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Thats soo cool of them! Warms the heart.

I never know how to feel about these stories; I feel like it diminishes someone with DS who might be able to achieve this without having the other team just let them do it. Seems demeaning in a way. Maybe I'm just a douche.

That was my first thought as well, but there are always certain levels of disability. Perhaps Matt needed a little more help than just chance.

I like how you made sure we knew it was (touching).

turboj0e says...

Yo Matt, Matt- Imma give you a chance to do your touchdown run here, but Jason McElwain had one of the best sports highlights of ALL TIME.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Autistic-basketball-player-creates-mayhem-at-game

Moving this video to dw1117's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

bmacs27 says...

^ There's a pretty significant difference between the capabilities of Autistic individuals, and individuals with DS.

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