"If raising over 5 million dollars for our community weren't enough, the kindness that you've shown to me over the years as someone with autism is something I'll always be grateful for."

"My hope is that if I do inspire you in any way, it is to inspire you to realize that often times in order to make a difference you have to be willing to BE different."

"You were the first person who ALWAYS saw what he needed, what was bothering him, what he was trying to tell us because you saw his struggles as a loving brother not as a worried parent."