PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia teenager with autism was given a prom night to remember with help from a local non-profit organization.
Dyllion Clark, 17, is a senior at Elwyn Media Campus high school in nearby Delaware County. Elwyn, a school for children with autism, does not offer a prom to its students, but partners with John Bartram High School in Philadelphia to give students the opportunity to attend prom.Local non-profit Autism R.E.C.
helped send Dyllion to prom in style from wardrobe to luxury transportation. They literally rolled out the red carpet for Dyllion, who donned a dapper white suit for his big night. "I have a son with autism.
And autism or not these kids deserve to experience everything that a normal kid does," Founder of Autism R.E.C. Jamila Tucker-Mulero said.