In Their Own Words - Rachel Glickman
At the Ropes Course

A story that just makes me smile when I tell it was during the Autism week, and we were at the ropes course for the second time. Some background to the story was that my camper had trouble the first time we went to the ropes and did not go all the way up on the zip line.  He had picked the ropes as a free select and it was the last full day of camp for that week. His turn comes around and he is a little nervous, so I tell him, "he can do it and no matter what, I was proud of him for tying again."

He starts to climb up the tree and begins to feel a little scared, the funny thing is he is at the top of the tree and all he has to do it get up on the platform. So the person on the platform helps him up and then he gets all strapped in, and jumps off with a big yell. He comes racing back to other campers with, I kid you not, the biggest toothy grin I had ever seen. It made me super happy because he was so proud of himself so conquering his fear. :)

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