Watch: Student With Autism Has Best Reaction After He Was Crowned Homecoming King

Feb 21, 2019 by apost team

If you attend high school, you know that fitting in is an ongoing issue. Some people do not have trouble fitting in with other students. Others struggle with the predicament every day. Homecoming poses a challenge to students who do not fit in with the crowd.

These students can feel isolated and lonely. For instance, a student who does not fit in will never become the prom's homecoming queen or king.

At South Mecklenburg High School, a school located in Charlotte, South Carolina, the students were of one accord when they voted for Blake Rice to become the homecoming king. Blake has a disorder known as autism.

His disability causes numerous challenges. You will love looking at Blake's priceless reaction when the students chose him as the homecoming king.

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After Blake was crowned, he danced all over the room. Blake yelled and cheered with joy. He offered high fives to several students. It is obvious that Blake felt as though he did fit in with the other students attending South Mecklenburg High School.

A representative of the high school posted the video on Facebook. More than 130,000 viewers have already watched the video of Blake's reaction when he received the crown.

Matthew Rice is Blake's father and also teaches at the high school. Matthew wanted to share his opinion with some of the South Mecklenburg High School students.

Matthew commented on Facebook that he and his wife would have never dreamed that their autistic son would one day receive the homecoming crown. He mentioned that the family was focused on Blake's upcoming brain surgery about a year ago.

"A year ago, as we were preparing for Blake’s brain surgery, I never could have imagined this moment," his father wrote. "A few weeks ago, a few of you set in motion events that have become in my mind what I can only think of as a referendum on kindness."

Matthew said that kindness is a virtue displayed by the high school's compassionate students. He mentioned that their votes for Blake showed the world that every person has value.

He said that they could have voted for a student who belonged to the in-crowd instead of choosing his son. Matthew mentioned that these high school students offered their emotional support in spite of his son's disability.

Blake's dad mentioned that he was proud of the students because they demonstrated the concept of inclusion to high school students attending other schools across the country. Known as Sabres, the students stood up to their favorable reputation. Blake's dad said that he was proud of the Sabres.

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