At age 6, it was declared "Tommy will never read."
At age 10, doctors, friends, and family encouraged putting Tommy away in a home stating "you can’t save Tommy and the other children."
Tommy spent 2nd to 6th grade at KAEC with no textbooks and "learning behaviors."
In the 8th grade, the school system highly encouraged us to hold Tommy back a year for socialization and maturity (we refused).
In the 12th grade, Tommy takes the ACT and gets a 28. He was expected to take 6 years in high school to accept a special education degree. Instead he completes in 4 years and will walk the stage in May 2008 with a regular education high school diploma.
On April 12, 2008, Tommy received a letter of acceptance from Lincoln Memorial University!
Tommy is thrilled!
Tommy succeeds by his own efforts. He is also supported by a fantastic network of loving family, friends, teachers, doctors and professionals. Never give up; never surrender!