Bush congratulated the basketball player with autistism-Jason McElwain (J-Mac) after his big game a few weeks ago. [media id=14963]-WMP [media id=1
March 13, 2006

Bush congratulated the basketball player with autistism-Jason McElwain (J-Mac) after his big game a few weeks ago.

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Some people are saying it's a photo-op for Bush because his poll numbers are so low, (he couldn't remember where he saw the clip) but I'm really proud of Jason and this had to make him feel special. It might raise public awareness on autism in general. Here's a link to the Autism Society of America.

Here's the video of Jason's heroics.

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