Autism Resource Center of Kokomo

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For those of you who remember the story about my friend Matt, who got to meet country singer, Walker Hayes last year....you are going to love this update!

Matt has been volunteering at the airport for the past year. Well, last week when he was volunteering, he bumped into Walker Hayes! Walker recognized Matt first and yelled "Matt!!!" How does this even happen?! 🤣

Once again, Walker was an absolutely kind human being. Genuinely happy to see this young man with special needs, who is one of his biggest fans. I mean, Walker is the "salt of the earth" kind of guy. Seeing Matt's excitement....oh man...it's everything! And guess what?! We are heading to see Walker Hayes in concert in Minnesota in less than 2 weeks...with meet & greet passes again! We are SO excited! 🎉

Thank you so much Walker & Matt....for showing what "be a kind human" means. ❤️

Walker Hayes

“Every step forward, no matter how small, counts!” The small steps eventually lead to big steps.

"Yesterday I dropped my son off at Target so he could do a little shopping.

This might seem like no big deal to you.

I get it. Before I lived alongside autism, an 18-year old walking across a parking lot and into a store on his own wouldn't have turned my head either.

But two short years ago, this boy Jack reached for my hand when whenever we went out in public.

Three years ago he refused to walk into any store that played classical music over the speakers.

Five years ago, he had a meltdown in this very same Target because we couldn't find the holiday M&M's.

Today, watching him walk through the doors, I could have wept.

Every step forward, no matter how small, counts. It simply does."

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