When Jennifer Zeller saw her 8-year-old autistic son receive three first-place trophies at a karate tournament, she knew she had done the right thing.
"I was so tearful with joy and don't think I have ever been more touched and proud at the same time," Zeller wrote in a letter to the editor in hopes it would encourage parents in similar situations to let their children try new activities.
"Martial arts are good for special-needs kids. I felt it would be good for him," Zeller said in an interview May 20.
"I think the Kum Sungs deserve to be recognized for their human compassion. . . . I would love for them to get a newspaper write-up with how they gave my son Nikolas a better gift than anything you can wrap in a box with a bow — acceptance and self-esteem!"
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