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A Graduation and a Song

Posted on July 03, 2008

19-year-old Erik Weber has graduated from Grossmont College with an associate s degree and plans to attend Point Loma Nazarene University to get his bachelor s degree, today s Sign On San Diego reports. Weber was diagnosed with autism when he was 3 years old and was not really verbal until he was 8. His mother, Sandy Weber, attended college classes with him:Erik and Sandy, 60, started with physical-education classes ballroom dance, weight training, tai chi before moving on to academics. Sometimes she would be in the same room as Erik; sometimes she would be in another part of the...

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