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Joy of Medina County Magazine | March 2021
by Amy Barnes photos by Allison Waltz-Boebel
understood, and his life was changed. His family had moved frequently by the time he was lex Nixon’s parents knew something was in fifth grade. He was born in Illinois, started school different about him when he was very young. in California, and spent a year in Wisconsin before Among other things, he liked to line up his toys in the family put down roots in Medina. very specific ways, and he was very quiet. He did not “My social scene was pretty askew,” Nixon said, so seem to laugh as much as other children did, either. the frequent moves did not affect him. When he was around 6 years old, he was diagnosed After arriving in Medina, he attended Garfield as autistic. School, but struggled and said that he often had to It was not until years later, when he was in fifth advocate for himself in trying to get the help he grade and had started attending Lawrence School in needed. Sagamore Hills, that he finally felt his needs were At Lawrence School, Nixon found he no longer had
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