Feel Good Story of the Week: Boy with Autism Earns 132 Merit Badges

[Source: Deseret News]

Editor’s Note: This is a great story, although it is a shame that the author did not choose to use person first language.

Nate Christensen seems like a typical almost-18-year-old boy. Now in his senior year at Bingham High School in South Jordan, he plays the trumpet in the marching band. He took a longtime friend to the school’s homecoming dance. He loves popular music artists from Justin Bieber to Owl City. He enjoys playing “Just Dance” on his family’s Nintendo Wii and writes a blog in his free time. He admits that his favorite class at school is his sports class.

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