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Matt Kemp Official Blog - March 7, 2009 - Talk About Curing Autism

Matt Kemp’s (bio) latest entry on March 7 is more of a personal post.  He talks about his poker event that will be benefiting TACA (Talk About Curing Autism).  Kemp talks about his personal experience (his brother) with autism and then a background on autism.

Original source - YardBarker.com

Hey Yardbarkers! I’m excited to start my blog here. I want to tell you about an event I have coming up…

I am hosting a red carpet poker event on March 14 during spring training in Arizona. The event is benefitting TACA (Talk About Curing Autism) to assist families affected by autism, including my own.

My brother Carlton is one of more than 1.5 million people affected by autism. The news of his diagnosis was a horribly confusing blow to me and my family. I always wanted a little brother that I could play ball with, but Carlton’s impaired ability to socially interact and communicate made it impossible for that to happen; he’s often too nervous to even spend time alone in the same room with most of us. We weren’t aware of the various treatments available to children affected by autism, and until this point in my life I can’t say that we would have had the resources necessary to obtain them. I don’t want another family to have to feel that same void of a family member who’s present…[read more]

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