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Video: ‘Silent Graduation’ Held By Area High School So Student With Autism Can Get Diploma Video: ‘Silent Graduation’ Held By Area High School So Student With Autism Can Get Diploma
Video: ‘Silent Graduation’ Held By Area High School So Student With Autism Can Get Diploma A Carmel High School student was able to receive his diploma thanks to the help of the entire 2019 graduating class, and family and friends attending the event. Jack Higgins, who is autistic and hypersensitive to sound, was able to receive his diploma after the school's principal, Lou Riolo, asked all attending the event to hold "silent graduation," when he accepted his diploma. The students all attending agreed and Higgins, escorted by his brothers, was able to walk to the podium and accept his diploma with all silent, but with many clapping silently. As the young teen was leaving the are…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Pleasantville's Christopher R. Quimby Dies At 24 Pleasantville's Christopher R. Quimby Dies At 24
Pleasantville's Christopher R. Quimby Dies At 24 Christopher Rollhaus Quimby died peacefully on Thursday, April 11 following a brief illness. He was 24. He was born in Mount Kisco on Oct. 7, 1994 to Gordon R. and Leslie M. Quimby. He was a medically fragile special needs young man with a heart of love who touched the lives of countless individuals, according to his obituary.  He graduated from Pines Bridge BOCES School in Yorktown in 2016 and attended Ability Beyond NY Day Program at Chappaqua Crossing since his graduation.  He was a member of the Pleasantville Presbyterian Church where he was active part of the church family.…

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by Daily Voice