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Full Tilt Boogie: A journey into autism, fatherhood, and an epic test of man and beast

By Hal Walter ā€œI wanted you to see what real courage is . . . It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.ā€ā€” Harper Lee, To Kill a MockingbirdIn the fresh moonlight she floated on a loose rope like some strange creature out of a dream, part ā€œracehorse,ā€ part moonbeam. Her long ears trailing shadows on the gravel, and her sleek form slipping softly through the night air. Not exactly of this world. A locomotive with a heart and 10 million years of selection, both natural and supernatural, she was everything the past had conspired to bring to this moment and in the balance of…