A milestone for Mark: After a diagnosis of autism, regular classes, friendship and graduation

The State - By CAROLYN CLICK - cclick@thestate.com

"When Mark Jameson walks across the stage May 30 to receive his diploma from Chapin High School, it will be the grand finale of an educational journey that took him from a near-silent toddler and frustrated first grader to a loquacious and personable young man.

The milestone will be cheered by his family, parents Donnie and Theresa Jameson, and brothers, Matthew and Michael, and the dozens of teenage friends Mark has come to know as he learned to master a “regular” school and take control of his autism.

There will be his football team friends, whose birth dates he knows by heart. (He demonstrated that feat at a football camp talent show — “Let’s just say that overloaded my memory,” Mark noted.)"

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