Thursday, March 4, 2010

Autistic Teen Seeks College Life


NANTICOKE, Pa. – Quentin Karpowicz is a kind-of-shy, 20-year-old who enjoys playing piano and holds down a job in a mail room at a local hospital.
He wants to take a couple of courses at the local community college for self-enrichment and an opportunity to socialize with people his own age.
But officials at Luzerne County Community College won’t let him
.
Why?
Because he has autism, said his parents, Leonardia and Edward Karpowicz, of Nanticoke.

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