Teddy Turbine

by Mansur, Motesem; Carroll, Thomas Charles, Jr.

• ISBN13: 9781479156580
• ISBN10: 1479156582
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-20
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Summary

Teddy Turbine is a sixth grader with autism. He is rejected every day by his classmates because of is condition, but he has a terrific throwing arm. One day, Teddy tries out for the school football team. Can his throwing arm prove the whole school wrong about autism?ABOUT MOTESEM MANSUR Motesem Mansur was born on January 28, 1986 in Chicago, IL and was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at age four. Motesem underwent what he described as "pure torture with no purpose." Since moving to Burbank in 2003, local neighbors, gangs, and citizens from different towns harassed Motesem and his condition without stopping. As a result of the trauma suffered from years of neighborhood abuse and indescribable cruelty, Motesem attempted suicide in 2009. Motesem survived the attempt and hopes to eliminate prejudice and stigma against people with disabilities through art and writing. "I lost my mind. The neighborhood took it from me. The reality is I'll NEVER get it back. If I'm weird, I guess I'm weird. The trauma is so bad; I lost all of my good memories, which were very few. No one else with the same thing should ever go through what I'm going through." As a result, He appeared in the Chicago Tribune in November 2010 and was featured on local television in October 2011. Motesem currently works at Project Onward at the Chicago Cultural Center, attends college, and does book readings for Chicago public schools.