NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C., is proud to announce Louis Godfrey as the recipient of its Avonte Oquendo Memorial Scholarship for Autism for 2021. Each year, the firm offers a higher education scholarship in memory of Avonte Oquendo, a nonverbal 14-year-old boy with autism who left his Queens public school undetected in 2013 and tragically drowned in the East River. David Perecman, Founder and Lead Trial Lawyer at The Perecman Firm, represented Avonte's mother, Vanessa Fontaine, in a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of her son.
Each year, The Perecman Firm offers the scholarship to directly benefit students with autism and those with autistic family members. After reviewing numerous applications and inspiring essays from bright and talented students across the country, the team is pleased to select Louis as this year's recipient.
Louis is a recent graduate of J.L. Mann Academy in Greenville, South Carolina and will be attending Clemson University in the fall. His essay, entitled "Adversity and Autism," detailed his life and experience with high-functioning autism—the early behavioral signs that led to his diagnosis, the difficulties he and his parents faced early in his education, and the steps he's taken to succeed—as well as his thoughts on how learning about his diagnosis "was a critical step to overcoming it." Louis explains his implementation of strategies that, alongside the support from his parents, support groups, and therapy,...
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