Playing a game of rugby league was the dream of James Barling's life, one the autistic 28-year-old thought might never come true until the Altona Roosters found a solution.
James Barling lives with high-functioning ADHD and autism, which has made his lifelong dream of playing rugby league difficultBarling's participation is hoped to spread greater awareness and understanding of people with autismBarling had tried to play for several clubs but, despite his enthusiasm, it didn't work out."Because I've got ADHD everyone teases me and picks on me because I'm different to everyone else.
"He was good for morale. He was really excited, probably over-excited, about some simple things at training but we loved it. We loved having him around.""Every week he was begging me for an opportunity to play and it was pretty hard to say no to him," Brenchley said.That opportunity arose when opposition club Northern Thunder heard of Barling's situation and proposed a way of getting him involved in their third-division match.
"They tried their hardest [to get me] but I broke the tackles, smack, smack of out the way. My teammates screamed, 'Don't stop.'
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