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Library Categories > College > College Life Lets 2 Students Triumph Over Adversity

 
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College Life Lets 2 Students Triumph Over Adversity 		   
Summary Statement:

College brought Patrick Ayers leadership positions on both the freshman leadership council and his fraternity, a hearing officer post on the honor court and mostly A grades.

Marty Saitta, a year behind Ayers at the University of Florida's honors college, is heading toward his first semester exams with grades of A in both calculus and German and a solid B in chemistry. He's doing well living on his own, meeting people and hanging out on campus.

That's what both students from Hillsborough County hope you see when you look at them and what they have accomplished. But their accomplishments include much more. Maybe even more than they or their parents had dared dream.

Ayers was born with cerebral palsy and has never walked without the help of crutches.

Saitta was born with Asperger's syndrome, a developmental disorder related to autism that typically causes eccentric behavior and isolation.

Both teens could have remained in Hillsborough County, attending college close to continued physical and emotional support from home.
Tags:

college,  Aspergers
Submission Date:

12/05/2007by: shannonj
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