My wife Deanna Gagnon passed away on 1/2/2020.  There is a special person who was part of not only Deanna's vast autism network but who has also made an enormous impact on our son Jack Gagnon now a 15 year old young man with non verbal autism.  After Deanna found out that Sensei Benny Jordan was also instructing special needs students, she immediately enrolled Jack at the young age of 5 years old.  I saw many parents stop going.  Maybe they just got frustrated with the slow progress, but I never gave up on either Sensei Benny or my son Jack.  Now Jack has been going for 10 straight years and I plan to keep him there as he gets an incredible Navy Seal style workout every Wednesday.  I want to raise a small amount of funds to pay for a television segment showcasing Sensei Benny Jordan's special needs fitness program.  My hope is that I can touch even one new parent of a special needs child and show them what can happen if they never give up.