Autistic boy, 9, takes the wheel at 70mph

[Floh]

With happy results! he saved his and his mother's lives. :clap: :clap: :clap:


A nine-year-old autistic "superhero" schoolboy grabbed the wheel of his mother's car when she blacked out at 70mph and saved them from a potentially fatal pile-up.

Jonathan Anderson bravely took over the controls of the car as they were driving along a busy road in rush-hour traffic.
Jonathan, who suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism, stretched over and took hold of the steering wheel.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=511231&in_page_id=1770

 

[Taximom]

Wow, what a miracle!

 

[Floh]

I'm still cheering over this. anyone else? :clap: :clap: :clap:

 

[csds703]

I'm still cheering over this. anyone else? :clap: :clap: :clap:

I am too Floh

 

[SeriouslySearching]

WOW! WOW! WOW! What a brave fella he was!!! Goes to show you how very intelligent and calm this kid was to be able to do this without crashing that car into other cars!! I don't know that any of us could have done it and we know how to drive!! LOL

KUDOS to that child!!! I know his mother must be so very thankful!

 

[Floh]

A comment from the newspaper article:

I am trying to get my head round how this boy took control, but my son (who is 4) and also has Asperger's. He put a nappy on a dolly and I am not sure how he did it, although it is a simple thing to do for an adult, but it must be from watching me. A lot of people with Asperger's are visual learners and and can playback things they see in their head just like a DVD recorder.

- M, Bedford

 

[deanws]

I'm still cheering over this. anyone else? :clap: :clap: :clap:

WOW...this is wonderful. I saw this on our news. Unbelievable!

 

[Floh]

WOW...this is wonderful. I saw this on our news. Unbelievable!

I particularly love it as it's positive news!

lovely the news made it's way to Texas! :blowkiss:

 

[deanws]

I particularly love it as it's positive news!

lovely the news made it's way to Texas! :blowkiss:

I love positive news also. It is rare isn't it!?!?

 

[tinytown]

Thanks for posting such uplifting news. It's great to end the day on a positive note!:clap:

 

[deanws]

Thanks for posting such uplifting news. It's great to end the day on a positive note!:clap:

Welcome to WS tiny.

 

[tinytown]

Thank you so very much for that warm Texas welcome!

 

[Floh]

Thank you so very much for that warm Texas welcome!

And here's a Northern European welcome! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

 

[cenasangel]

My little Autistic boy blow dries his own hair and paints his own nails by watching me only.

 

[deanws]

My little Autistic boy blow dries his own hair and paints his own nails by watching me only.

:blowkiss: That is wonderful!

 

[cenasangel]

He does this before school

 

[fivekidz4me]

Never doubt what children with autism/asperger's observe, or what they are capable of doing. Glad to see that his observations saved both their lives!