Kansas teen Tate Smith's diagnosis of autism at age 2 sent his mother, Lisa, scrambling for answers. But first came the dread. "I saw Tate's future go down the drain right in front of my eyes," the mom of eight tells People. "One of the fears was bullying. How will he be treated at school? Will he be miserable?" Far from it, thanks to Tate's classmates, who for the past five years have formed a club of Tate's peers who take turns sitting with the seventh grader, now 13, during school lunches to patiently talk over topics from movies to video...
- 11/15/2014
- by Jeff Truesdell, @jhtruesdell
- PEOPLE.com
Kansas teen Tate Smith's diagnosis of autism at age 2 sent his mother, Lisa, scrambling for answers. But first came the dread. "I saw Tate's future go down the drain right in front of my eyes," the mom of eight tells People. "One of the fears was bullying. How will he be treated at school? Will he be miserable?" Far from it, thanks to Tate's classmates, who for the past five years have formed a club of Tate's peers who take turns sitting with the seventh grader, now 13, during school lunches to patiently talk over topics from movies to video...
- 11/15/2014
- by Jeff Truesdell, @jhtruesdell
- PEOPLE.com
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