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Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.29,0:00:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is William Bryce Staverman, and he goes by his middle name, which is Bryce.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.25,0:00:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was born 14 years ago with most of his cerebellum missing and his cerebellum controls his gross and fine motor skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.65,0:00:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He cannot walk or talk but he can understand everything that you say to him, you point to him. He sees. He understands everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.95,0:00:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Kris Staverman and I'm his mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.71,0:00:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one ever asks for a child with special needs, but maybe they should, because what they give you is...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.32,0:00:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they look at the world with happiness and joy, and they introduce you to people that you'd never know and you would meet again..
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.50,0:00:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they give unconditional love.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.95,0:00:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He loves trains.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.25,0:00:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He loves elevator rides.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.00,0:00:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He loves watching roller coasters on Youtube videos.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.25,0:00:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He loves popsicles.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.25,0:01:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He loves to sit in the front yard and watch sprinklers in the summer time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.96,0:01:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He loves to swim.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.80,0:01:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He thinks fire alarms are funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.60,0:01:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knows how to spell. He knows how to read.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.45,0:01:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You wouldn't know it though.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.00,0:01:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, he's just....his teachers say he is smart. It's just getting it out of him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.07,0:01:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was given his Ipad last year by a friend of ours who saw the 60 minute story on children with Autism and communicating...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.25,0:01:27.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said, "We never get ourselves anything for Christmas. We're sending Bryce an Ipad."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.85,0:01:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh he's very smart and people don't give him credit because when they look at him, this is what they see....
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.35,0:01:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,..they don't realize like you really have to hang out with him to get to know him and realize....he's a genius!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.74,0:01:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you take him somewhere one time, he will follow the highways and expressways on his map and he'll take you exactly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.49,0:01:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to where you were.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.96,0:01:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can find like...[Bryce calls for something] Can you find the conservatory?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.76,0:01:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'll find the conservatory.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.99,0:01:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'll find the zoo. Like, he can find Grandma's house. Anything's he's ever gone on, he can find it on there...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.49,0:02:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just by watching him pay attention. Funny games like that, he loves to play.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.25,0:02:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ya' know sometimes you just got to look at the world through the eyes of a child and just be happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.30,0:02:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what he is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.15,0:02:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having a child with special needs helps you appreciate everything in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.86,0:02:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where he can go and what he can do, nobody knows.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.49,0:02:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can only just hope for the best and that he'll be happy.