Curb Cut » Autism http://curbcut.net open and accessible Thu, 20 May 2010 06:07:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ Never Leave Home Without a Spider-Man Costume http://curbcut.net/disability/autism/never-leave-home-without-a-spider-man-costume/ http://curbcut.net/disability/autism/never-leave-home-without-a-spider-man-costume/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:08:44 +0000 Christopher Phillips http://curbcut.net/?p=131 This is a great story from Thailand where a student with autism had a panic attack and climbed onto the ledge outside of his third floor classroom. It was the student’s first day at a new school and no one was able to convince him to come back inside, so the local fire department was called.

Fireman Somchai Yoosabai shows up and hears that the student loves comic book heroes. It just so happens that Somchai hasa Spider-Man costume that he keeps in his locker. He puts costume on and quickly and safely convinces the student to come back inside.

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