Police Department Helps Volunteer Live Dream

HIGH POINT, N.C. -- This is a story that will really touch your heart.  It teaches you never to give up and to be thankful for every opportunity you have.Tracey McCain found this inspiring young man living right here in our community.  Javonta Riddick is 18, has Autism and wants to be a police officer.  He's so passionate about it, High Point police couldn't turn him away.  Now Javonta is a full-fledged volunteer and has he puts it, he's living the dream.

Schools Reach Out to Students with Autism

LAUREL PARK, N.C. -- Lounging comfortably on a park slide, Cameron Poulin rattles the ice in his drink and digs through his Happy Meal box mining for that last evasive French fry. Most days, his mom, Christin, takes him to one of the playgrounds in the Laurel Park neighborhood where they have lived for more than a year.
They chose the subdivision not for its amenities, architectural designs of the houses, or work commutes, but for the school district's innovative approach toward teaching autistic children.