120 ‘Pound the Pavement’ in Howland today for autism awareness
120 ‘Pound the Pavement’ in Howland today for autism awareness
Staff report
HOWLAND
The words and a photo button on Pam Wells’ orange T shirt explained why she drove all the way from her Kinsman home to walk in Howland Township Park in a cold Sunday afternoon rain. The photo button contained a picture of her grandson, J. J. Juhasz, 7, who has been a student at the Rich Center for Autism since the age of two.
“He’s just started speaking and he understands everything that is said to him,” the child’s grandmother said. “He is definitely making progress there.”
More than 120 people joined Wells to brave the rainfall and “Pound the Pavement for Autism,” a one-mile walk around the park, to promote autistic awareness. Leah Wilson, Rich Center events coordinator, said the Howland High School National Honor Society originated and promoted the walk.
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