Autistic Salutatorian Delivers High School Graduation Speech with WOWS
Eric Duquette,18-year-old, is the salutatorian of his high school, an honor student, a musician, and he has autism.
It truly inspirational for Duquette, who couldn’t say a word until age five, gave the commencement speech at his high school graduation ceremony Tuesday night in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
He graduated from Smithfield High School with the second-highest grade point average in a class of just under 200 students. His ambition is to become a pharmacist.
Watch this video till the end.
In addressing his classmates, Duquette said, “Daniel Webster wrote that ‘if my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest.’ For me, learning to communicate did mean regaining all the rest.”
"Never underestimate the power of a smile. . .
Do not allow yourself or others to be defined by your limitations but rather your abilities." – Eric Duquette
We should all be lucky enough to know someone like Eric.
Awesome achievement Eric, Congratulations!
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Autistic Student’s inspirational Graduation Speech
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Autistic salutatorian Eric Duquette gave a memorable speech to his classmates.
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