no big secrets? there wasn t any big secrets. you weren t trying to throw him off the sdmours. not the all. it was cool to hear the roars and have him bag atck at augusta national. let s talk about your sister ellie and her story. tell me about your relationship and tell me it how you broke the news. my little sister she s 14 special needs. she s on the autistic spectrum. and it s very special for our family. she brings hume toiletility to our family allows us to put things in perspective. it wouldn t have married if i had won or lost, she doesn t know the difference. she just wants me to take her shopping now, take her out to dinner. i m excited to get home and share it with her. maybe let her try on the green jacket. yeah. so shout out to my colleague, ed lavandera. he and 2000 went to the you went
there s only so much you can control, even with genetics at this point in our history. that s right. i didn t know that my third child would be in the autistic spectrum. you know, i didn t have any control over that. you don t know what s going to happen. even when you try to increase the chances of something going one way, you still it s completely what you re doing is increasing the chances, that s it. because there are so many impossible number of variations and permutations involved in creating a human being. whether you have your baby naturally or through artificial insemination or ivf, it s impossible to know what kind of characteristics your child is going to have. you just can t know. all you can do is provide love.
preserve a pervasive developmental order. a form of autism. you know there s only so much you can control even with ginnetics at this point in our history. i mean, i didn t know that my third child would be under autistic spectrum. i didn t any control of that. you don t know what s going to happen. even when you try to increase the chances of something going one way, still it s what you re doing is incre e increasing the chances because there s so many possible permutations involved in creating a human being. when you have your baby naturally or through artificial ins
unusual for people who have children on autism spectrum to home school them. many public schools aren t really equipped to provide appropriate setting or education for children with autism. but it seems like, you know, with this case we re talking about a young man, and when they get to their 20s, there s a complete evaporation of services. megyn: right. because they ve gone through the school system for all those years, and there s been support, and then suddenly it s gone. that s right. we talk about it in our community as the day the bus stops showing up. megyn: and what s the general consensus on that? well, a lot of fear and, you know, at least for some of us what we re trying to do as much as we can to sort of improve the situation. you know, one thing struck me about this, though, is that i think it kind of mischaracterizes people on the autistic spectrum if he was megyn: right. unconfirmed still. right.
[ bell chimes ] and it s rick! carolina panthers. that s it. yeah. a little football reference. rick smith. that s me. trenton, new jersey. yes, sir. capital city. $1,000. a guidance counselor where? at the newgrange school. work with students on the autistic spectrum. i solve problems. well, good for you. and you do some coaching, too? i do a lot of coaching, actually. soccer and winter and spring track. go, cards. big yankee fan. i m a bleacher creature, is what they call us. so you re out there every game? sundays. that s about 20 a year. well, that s pretty good. yeah. well, it s good to have you here, rick, and wish you a lot of luck on our show. thank you. thank you. you, too, genea. genea thomas is from the bronx, which i believe is in new york, last time i chec yes, it definitely is. what do you do there? i am a youth-services program coordinator at a nonprofit organization on long island, and i love working with youth, and i m alked. to be a personal fitness trainer. wow. you