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The father of an autistic child broke down on live radio, sharing the proud moment when his family found out their son’s best VCE score.
Father of boy with autism shared in tears the moment he found out his son had achieved an ATAR of 99.45 on his Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), sharing the obstacles their family overcame to achieve the result .
Identifying himself as just Ross, the Victorian father shared his story on 3AW and said his son was the “most inspiring young man” he had ever met.
“Our journey started 15 years ago when the pediatrician told my son he would never go to a regular school and today he got a 99.45,†he said.
Ross said his wife stopped working to support their son and became an integration aide at his school. The father-of-two also said there were times early in his son’s schooling when he and his wife had to pick him up early from school due to hardship, fearing their son would become a “Independent adultâ€.
While they didn’t anticipate such a high score – Ross said they just wanted a grade that shows his work ethic – his son overshadowed expectations and won his school’s major.
“He did it all and he got this amazing score,†Ross continued.
“There were heavy punches in the air and bubbles to calm the nerves.”
Now that he’s achieved his goal, Ross has said his son is keen to get into game design, a move he fully supports. Sharing the advice he gave his son, Ross told him to “don’t worry about the money and do whatever you want to do and be happy.”
On Twitter, listeners shared their praise after the segment aired on Thursday morning.
“Her young man with #autism was told that he would never go to regular school. This morning he got a score of 99.45. Amazing job, â€one listener tweeted.
“What a legend! People with #autism offer such a great perspective on the world that we often wouldn’t otherwise! All the best for him, â€shared another.
Sharing his advice to other parents of children with autism, Ross said their parenting approach was to “try everything as long as it doesn’t hurt.” This included experiments with karate food and other activities to help build resilience and develop to the best of their ability.
“We never thought we would get to this position, we never thought we would get him to finish his studies,” he said.
“Ten years ago it was a very dark, gloomy place we were all in… but today, that’s it.
“It’s been a long and difficult journey, there’s no doubt about it, but for him getting that score today was the best thing of my life.”
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