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Heartspring Autism CARE Walk

My CARE Walk Page : Zane
Zane
Fundraising Goal: $10,000
About Me and Why I CARE:
Zane couldn’t tell his parents, Zach and Jennifer, what hurt when he was sick. If he wanted something special for a snack, he didn’t have the verbal skills to let them know. They had never heard him say the words “I love you.” Although Zane had what his mom calls “Zane language” utilizing gestures and signs, he was not verbally sharing words or phrases with the world.

In April 2006 when Zane was four years old, Zach and Jennifer decided to have him evaluated. Following a visit to a local screening program they were referred to Heartspring for further evaluation. They were pleasantly surprised to find caring staff members at Heartspring who were not judgmental and treated Zane with respect. “Everyone treated us like people,” said Jennifer. “They approached us like ‘this is ok.’ They didn’t take offense to his actions or behavior; they looked past the social inappropriateness. Heartspring is a place where we were finding a sense of normalcy.”

On October 20, 2006, as Jennifer was placing Zane in his car seat after therapy, she completed her routine of kissing him on the forehead and saying “I love you.” On this day, for the first time ever, he echoed back, “I love you.” For Jennifer, “The moment will forever be seared into my memory.”
 

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