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He's 12 years old with autism, and won a gold medal in Special Olympics Roller Skating Freestyle in Cleveland yesterday. Here is a clip of his routine:
Xander routine
Thanks for looking!
 awesome.....tell him to throw all your steelers stuff in the trash tho 
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Good job. He skates very well. You should be very proud. 
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They do it in quite a few places, it's called the Polar Plunge. My wife's hospital sponsors a group, the Cornwall Penguins. They get a big turnout and raise a pretty good amount of money, especially since there is no overhead. Every cent of the money raised goes right to the event.
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Interesting - never heard of the Polar Plunge before. I'll have to look for events in the Cleveland area so I can support it. That's so cool that your wife and her hospital group supports this.
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Thanks again everyone. I have another child on the autism spectrum, Diane, who is 23 years old. She also skates. Unfortunately we didn't get a good video clip of her at the meet, but here's a link to one of her freestyle lessons. Diane Skating Link Thanks again - all of you are wonderful 
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