Yukon Community Comes Together To Make Dream Come True For Boy With Autism

 

Crew Corbitt is 8-years-old and loves to jump and play outside, but his favorite activity is swinging. 

 

"He likes to swing super high and super fast," said Corbitt's mom Amee Hill 

 

For the second grader its more than just fun. 

 

"It makes me calm down," said Corbitt.

 

Hill said her son is on the autism spectrum and swinging helps him when he's having a tough time.  

 

"When he was younger he was really low functioning had a really hard time," said Hill. "Since then he's used swinging as a way to deal with being overwhelmed or having meltdowns."

 

Typically one of Corbitt's regular swings stops would be the pair at the church right behind his house, but due to COVID-19, parks are closed.

 

"He was getting really frustrated not understanding why he couldn't swing on the swings," said Hill. 

 

So the mom of two went on Facebook and asked for advice or suggestions on a community group. She said she didn't check her phone for hours, but when she did a fundraiser has been started. 

 

"Someone had already started a fundraiser, and then they had raised enough money already in hours to build him a swing," said Hill.  

 

The mom said when she saw the act of kindness, she broke down in tears. 

 

"There's so much going on in the world right and just seeing people's hearts and you know to care about someone else so much to give their time and their money to someone like our little family and to Crew specifically," exclaimed Hill. "The swing is going to last him for years."

 

The swing is still in the works but will be built in the family's back yard.  The women that helped raise the money by starting the fundraiser didn't want any notoriety.