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Keaton’s Story: The Surprise
Uniqueness of Autism
A Little Bit Over the Foot
Introduction
My name is Mark Keaton Hanks. I was born on May
29, 1992, in Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke,
Virginia. My family lived in Bedford, Virginia at
the time. I have a form of autism called Asperger’s
Syndrome. Some say the autism was caused by a shot
I received around nine-months of age containing
mercury as the preservative; we really do not know.
This passage from the Bible is important to me as a
guiding light for my life. “For I know the plan I have
for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you
and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a
future.” Jeremiah 29:11