Popsugar Fitness Athletes Kalin Bennett First Person With Autism Get NCAA Scholarship Kalin Bennett Just Became the First Person With Autism to Get a Division I NCAA Scholarship November 27, 2018 by Perri Konecky View On One Page Photo 3 of 7 ADVERTISEMENT () Start Slideshow View this post on Instagram Most people know me for being very tall, be able to play D1 basketball, for my personality, and the College about to attend next year, but nobody knows my true story my name is Kalin Bennett and I have AUTISM.growing up I’ve had a very hard time understanding a comprehending people, I didn’t speak until I was seven years old, are used to get picked on and bullied, and I never knew about it, and I used to not know when people used to bully me or when people were messing with me, it took me a long time to figure this stuff out but then I came across basketball. basketball has taking me to places I’ve never would’ve dreamed of being at and has made me meet new people, actually fantastic people and other former basketball players my dream and desire is to play in the national basketball Association or what you like to collect the NBA I have overcome many challenges and other obstacles that have challenge me but by the grace of God I’m still able to be here a lot of kids like me don’t usually get to this point because people put limits on us, I used to struggle with being different and being misunderstood but I think it’s a blessing to be different because your haters wouldn’t understand what’s gonna happen next 😀,they say I wouldn’t be anything, They said I wouldn’t be able to have a life, they said I wouldn’t be able to live out the best live a regular person can dream, but every single day I keep on proving them wrong and rightfully so for my dream is coming true, I did not write this to get FAMOUS or somethin I wrote this so that people can know my story and I can inspire others to keep going to keep pushing,to keep pursuing a dream no matter what others say because the only person at the end of our life e that has the final say is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ so for whoever reading this keep pushing keep fighting because everyone’s future is bright. -Kalin A post shared by Kalin "Ktech" Bennett 🌍 (@ktech50) on Oct 12, 2018 at 7:34pm PDT Share This Link Copy ← Use Arrow Keys → 3 Kalin’s Post About Having Autism and Following His Dreams Previous Next Start Slideshow Health NewsAthletesBasketballDisabilityTouching Stories