Feelgood story of the Summer...

From the Guardian. The story of a profoundly autistic seven-year old who comes out of his shell when he goes surfing...

Luke, whose expression is first stricken, then shocked, suddenly drops into a grin so big I see spray go into his mouth. He is chattering something that I'm close enough to hear, but the world, for some reason, has gone mute. It's a good couple of seconds before I figure out why: I am laughing and sobbing at the top of my lungs while hopping on the rocks in bare feet. There are several teens fishing for trout nearby, and they look me over like some six-toed frog that turned up on their hook. 'Lukey's surfing!' I yell, still pogo-sticking. 'My little boy is surfing!'

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