Tennis player with autism slices up the competition
Natalie Angley
Email successfully sent
close windowBrittany Tagliareni is not your typical tennis player. Before a match, she needs help tying her shoes and putting her hair in a ponytail.
But none of that matters once she steps on the court.
The sport has opened up a whole new world for the 26-year-old athlete with autism.
"People accept me for who I am, and what I can do," she told CNN.
Her favorite part?
"I like ... beating the men," she said with a laugh.
Related Articles
"Perfectly Normal": Autism though a lens
At the halfway point of “Perfectly Normal,” the artful short documentary about a man with Asperger’s syn ..
The hidden link between autism and addiction
Shane Stoner’s addiction began in 2008. He lost a factory job, his parents divorced, his father died—and t ..
Autism researchers discover genetic 'Rosetta Stone'
Distinct sets of genetic defects in a single neuronal protein can lead either to infantile epilepsy or to auti ..
