Eric Duquette delivers the salutatorian address at his Rhode Island high school's commencement ceremonies.
This event passed nearly a month ago, but it is still worth reading about.
A Rhode Island high school senior, class salutatorian, gave the traditional salutatory address at commencement. Not all that remarkable, until you consider the fact that Eric Duquette has autism and did not speak before age 5.
Duquette’s speech was both humorous and serious, drawing on the ways autism was expected to hold him back in life. His ultimate message, however, was not about autism or disabilities, but how each of us must define for ourselves our futures.
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