
Doug Flutie is a former NFL footplayer, Heisman trophy winner (Boston College) and father of a son with severe autism. He and his wife Laurie founded The Flutie Foundation.
Doug Flutie on football, autism
By Jennifer Brett | Thursday, March 27, 2008, 09:21 PM
Read the full piece from The Atlanta Journal Constitution HERE.
....After his remarks Flutie took questions about both autism and sports. Here are condensed excerpts of his remarks. Questions, which came from audience members, are paraphrased.
Q: Do you think there is a link between autism and vaccines?
A: There is some relation. What it is, I don’t know. I’m not a doctor. All I know is at 2, Dougie’s shooting hoops and talking smack. Next thing you know, he’s tripping over toys. I was never immunized for chicken pox. I did okay.
Q:What kinds of programming would you like to see offered to children with autism?
A: Whatever is going to push the children to be more and more independent.