My son was crowned Homecoming King last night....

[HawkeyeShawn]

Some, if not most of you know, that my oldest child has Down Syndrome. I tend to get a little touchy when the “R” word is used on this board. Well, last night was a pretty amazing night for our family. Our son, Cole, was crowned Homecoming King last night. Tri-Center, here in SW Iowa, has some amazing students and faculty. This is what life is all about.

 

[Funky Bunch]

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.

 

[gonegolfing]

Congratulations.

 

[ThorneStockton]

Good stuff OP.

 

[Bro D]

Awesome! Congrats!!!

 

[LuteHawk]

Congratulations ....This story warms the human heart

 

[Im4Iowa]

I opened this thread with the intent of saying pic of homecoming queen, but didn’t know your son had down syndrome. Very awesome he was named king and proud moment for mom and dad, too.

 

[Hammer93]

Very cool.

 

[THE_DEVIL]

This is Great ! Give your son an extra big hug from THE_DEVIL. Well, maybe don't tell him its from THE_DEVIL.

 

[Bro D]

@BABiscuit @ihhawk @Joes Place @DrVenkman @reotto @Menace Sockeyes @SoProudNole @BelemNole @SalAunese @Herkmeister @McLovin32 @h-hawk @pjhawk @stevenpatrick @BaseBallerP27 @millah_22 @birdforbogey @silasstarr @BlackNGoldBleeder @TJ8869 @Pepperman

Making sure all you people who love dropping some sort of variation of the R word don't gloss over this post

 

[ihhawk]

@BABiscuit @ihhawk @Joes Place @DrVenkman @reotto @Menace Sockeyes @SoProudNole @BelemNole @SalAunese @Herkmeister @McLovin32 @h-hawk @pjhawk @stevenpatrick @BaseBallerP27 @millah_22 @birdforbogey @silasstarr @BlackNGoldBleeder @TJ8869 @Pepperman

Making sure all you people who love dropping some sort of variation of the R word don't gloss over this post

My son is autistic.

 

[ThorneStockton]

I didn't get tagged! Woooot!

 

[ThorneStockton]

My son is autistic.

Is this like the having a black friend defense?

 

[Hawked]

Congrats OP. Cool!

 

[ihhawk]

Is this like the having a black friend defense?

I got tagged in a thread for some reason. I just pointed out that my son is autistic.

Besides that, I’m sure it was a special night for the OP.

 

[Scott559]

Congrats Shawn, What a great thing for your son, Speaks highly of the type of kids and faculty in your school system.

 

[ConvenientParking]

Awesome Shawn. Thanks for sharing.

 

[WorldSeriesChamps2015]

Congrats Shawn, that is really really cool. My oldest Brother is about to turn 43 in mid ocotober, he has Down Syndrome. My mom was a special ed teacher at Urbandale for many years.

 

[Fan In Black]

That is awesome.

 

[stevenpatrick]

@BABiscuit @ihhawk @Joes Place @DrVenkman @reotto @Menace Sockeyes @SoProudNole @BelemNole @SalAunese @Herkmeister @McLovin32 @h-hawk @pjhawk @stevenpatrick @BaseBallerP27 @millah_22 @birdforbogey @silasstarr @BlackNGoldBleeder @TJ8869 @Pepperman

Making sure all you people who love dropping some sort of variation of the R word don't gloss over this post

Uh I don't think so.

 

[ThorneStockton]

I got tagged in a thread for some reason. I just pointed out that my son is autistic.

Besides that, I’m sure it was a special night for the OP.

I was just kidding, he likely mistook you for someone else who drops R bombs.

 

[ConvenientParking]

@BABiscuit @ihhawk @Joes Place @DrVenkman @reotto @Menace Sockeyes @SoProudNole @BelemNole @SalAunese @Herkmeister @McLovin32 @h-hawk @pjhawk @stevenpatrick @BaseBallerP27 @millah_22 @birdforbogey @silasstarr @BlackNGoldBleeder @TJ8869 @Pepperman

Making sure all you people who love dropping some sort of variation of the R word don't gloss over this post

You forgot @ConvenientParking likely because I'm forgettable. But almost everyone uses coarse language. The r word was a playground word in 2002. We all gotta learn things and get better. Thanks to Shawn for sharing an example.

 

[Tom Paris]

This is pretty awesome.

 

[Bro D]

I was just kidding, he likely mistook you for someone else who drops R bombs.

Not mistaken. He uses the R bombs as much as anybody on this site. I am not mistaken on any of the tags.

I apologize for hijacking this thread as it was an awesome moment for you and your family OP. I just hope some people seeing something as real as this will maybe stop what I believe is one of the WORST parts of this message board. The use of the word or some sort of variation is WAY too commonplace on this site and I hate it

 

[SalAunese]

Congrats, my father-in-law went to Tri-Center in the early 70’s.

 

[longliveCS40]

Cool story, bro. Only not sarcastically. It actually is a cool story.

 

[BABiscuit]

Very cool moment for you and your family OP. Congrats.

 

[BelemNole]

@BABiscuit @ihhawk @Joes Place @DrVenkman @reotto @Menace Sockeyes @SoProudNole @BelemNole @SalAunese @Herkmeister @McLovin32 @h-hawk @pjhawk @stevenpatrick @BaseBallerP27 @millah_22 @birdforbogey @silasstarr @BlackNGoldBleeder @TJ8869 @Pepperman

Making sure all you people who love dropping some sort of variation of the R word don't gloss over this post

Way to screw up a nice thread by calling out everyone who doesn’t share your political views. Clown.

 

[Wendy79]

OP, that's awesome. Cole's reaction was great, and I hope he had a great time last night.

 

[Moral]

Awesome stuff, OP. Caught your son checking out the homecoming queen around 2:50.

 

[HawkeyeShawn]

Congrats, my father-in-law went to Tri-Center in the early 70’s.

Small world....we’ll not really since this is an Iowa board, but you know what I mean. #tcstrong

 

[HawkeyeShawn]

Awesome stuff, OP. Caught your son checking out the homecoming queen around 2:50.

She’s an amazing young woman. She’s been one of Cole’s est friends since pre school. Cole loves the ladies so not surprised he snuck a peek.

 

[ThorneStockton]

Small world....we’ll not really since this is an Iowa board, but you know what I mean. #tcstrong

I'm from Iowa and had to look up Tri Center, I'm embarrassed, happy for you.

 

[lucas80]

Not mistaken. He uses the R bombs as much as anybody on this site. I am not mistaken on any of the tags.

I apologize for hijacking this thread as it was an awesome moment for you and your family OP. I just hope some people seeing something as real as this will maybe stop what I believe is one of the WORST parts of this message board. The use of the word or some sort of variation is WAY too commonplace on this site and I hate it

If you were sorry for hijacking the thread, you wouldn't have done it.

 

[Bro D]

Way to screw up a nice thread by calling out everyone who doesn’t share your political views. Clown.

Politics has nothing to do with it. I hope youre embarrassed that you use that word as an insult and never do it again because of this.

 

[Bro D]

I hope you’re embarrassed by the fact that you’re an idiot. You don’t know what it’s like to be insulted in that fashion. Take your high horse and ride off into tbe sunset.

Keep justifying your awfulness by insulting me

Wait, i thought this was about politics? Right Belem?

 

[lucas80]

I really appreciate this story. I've mention this before, but I think it's great how our school systems have evolved. I don't think I'm terribly old, but even in progressive Iowa City kids with disabilities were hidden away in a room away from the rest of the student body when I was a student. Maybe we'd see them at lunch. Now they are in every class they can participate in, and very involved in activities. In the UI Homecoming parade last year the City High band had a member in a wheel chair. How special that this child got to participate. Plus, the other kids shared the duties of pushing the wheelchair, and they got an experience that let them grow a little.

 

[QChawks]

Congrats!

Absolutely needed this today.

 

[BelemNole]

Politics has nothing to do with it. I hope youre embarrassed that you use that word as an insult and never do it again because of this.

Find a post of me using it or STFU. You suck beyond words.

 

[dgordo]

Some, if not most of you know, that my oldest child has Down Syndrome. I tend to get a little touchy when the “R” word is used on this board. Well, last night was a pretty amazing night for our family. Our son, Cole, was crowned Homecoming King last night. Tri-Center, here in SW Iowa, has some amazing students and faculty. This is what life is all about.

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Great story, thank you for sharing.