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Medals mean more for athlete
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Membership Secretary
Autistic Plano boy nets
several medals during
Maccabi Games
By Ben Tinsley
bent@texasjewishpost.com,
@bentinsley
values of the Maccabi Games.
“It was so cool to be able to see
Josh come into his own with these
games,” she said.
Josh could very well have
succumbed to sensory overload at
any moment but his “shadow” was
good at calming him down and
helping him regroup during the
hectic Maccabi days.
“He took him to a place where
he could calm down and made sure
he took his meds every four hours,”
Adrienne Bransky said.
When Josh needed to hydrate, the
“shadow” was there to help, officials
said.
All in all, the JCC made it possible
for Josh to have a life-affirming
experience.
“I can’t say enough about the staff
of the JCC,” Bransky said. “The fact
that Team Dallas Delegation Heads
Matt Rowland and Abbii Cook were
willing to make this happen made all
the difference. There were kids from
Shelton School of Dallas who saw
Josh and actually engaged him in
conversation for the first time. This
welcoming, supportive experience
showed him and a lot of other people
that he is capable.”
Cook said Josh was the only child
Josh Bransky competes in the 14-and-under freestyle.
with autism that she knew of who
asked for help during the Dallas
Maccabi Games.
“Helping Josh is something we
do at the J because we believe in
inclusion,” she said. “We did what
we would do for every kid. We want
this to be an avenue for every walk
of life.”
Cook said some parents make the
mistake of assuming there won’t be
help for their special needs children
at the J.
“Some parents Just write it off,
but Josh’s parents have been huge
advocates for him,” she said.
For Adrienne Bransky, it was
glorious to see her son winning a
prestigious competition under his
own steam.
“He made it through a difficult
time on his own,” she said. “The
other players were cheering him on
and he really needed that. The kids
on the team who go to his school
were congratulating him, and he Just
got invited to a bar mitzvah.”
Josh said the Maccabi
Games experience, for him, was
unforgettable.
“I was smiling when I got those
medals — a huge, beaming, smile,”
he said.
DALLAS — Josh Bransky, 13, of
Plano might have missed out on a
formative growing experience if JCC
officials had not made him an active
part of the Dallas Maccabi Games.
Josh has special needs. He is
a competitive swimmer who has
autism and
Attention
Deficit
Hyperactivity
Disorder.
He has to
take ADHD
medicine every
four hours.
There are
times when noise and light get to be
too much and he has to be led away
to calm down.
Abbii Cook, JCC Youth Programs
director, said when the JCC was
asked to help Josh, they assigned
the teenager a “shadow” — a male
college student volunteer who stayed
with Josh throughout the duration of
the Aug. 2-7 Dallas Maccabi Games.
Josh’s mother, Adrienne Bransky,
said as a result, Josh was able to win
three medals — two bronze and one
silver. He also received a Middot
medal given to a select few athletes
and artists who are exemplary
leaders and embody the Jewish
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