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Thu 08 Aug 2008Autism student a 'shining example'
SPECIAL NEEDS:A 17-YEAR-OLD student with autism who achieved extremely high marks in the Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) was yesterday hailed by Minister for Education Batt O'Keeffe as a shining example of what can be achieved by students with special needs transferring into the mainstream education system.
Kevin Walsh, from Greenfields Road, Ballincollig, collected his results along with his 15 classmates from Coláiste Choilm principal Pat Kinsella yesterday morning. To his delight, he had got an average of 94 per cent across his six subjects.
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