Fragile X Superstar
Eric is a 31-year-old young man who hails from Cincinnati. He has been a student at Stewart Home & School for 15 years, and during that time he has continued to grow and mature!
Eric loves sports! He keeps up with Major League Baseball, and the NFL – looking up stats and printing out schedules from the Computer Lab. Eric is a great athlete himself, currently playing Special Olympics softball, and later in the year, will be playing basketball. You can also find Eric improving his soccer skills, and even flag football!
In addition to sports, Eric’s other interests and hobbies are many! He enjoys Lego projects, singing in the choir, his job at the SHS kitchen, fishing, and even learning about dentistry!
Eric’s charming personality made him the perfect candidate to represent the school at the 14th International Fragile X Conference, which was held in 2014 in California! Eric spent each day of the conference working at the exhibit booth, pointing out pictures and information to visitors of our booth.
Stewart Home & School is a residential school for people of all ages with special needs. The mission of Stewart Home & School is the complete and total care of its students and the fulfillment of all their needs – physical, educational, social, vocational and spiritual. The faculty of the school program has experience with the learning styles of people with Autism, Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, and Williams syndrome, as well as other intellectual disability diagnoses. It is the objective of the school program to create successful learning experiences for all students and to consistently reinforce the students’ enthusiastic motivation for participation and further growth. There are high expectations for each individual and it is a joy to see successes celebrated each day!