{"id":111222,"date":"2019-05-20T10:55:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T14:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=111222"},"modified":"2021-04-15T17:09:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T21:09:14","slug":"coconutcreekseniorchallengesstereotypes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2019\/05\/20\/coconutcreekseniorchallengesstereotypes\/","title":{"rendered":"Coconut Creek Senior Challenges Stereotypes About People With Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;111223&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<p class=\"paragraph\" data-pnum=\"1\">He&#8217;s literally a big man on campus, a senior who can hang out with anyone at Coconut Creek High School, but Santiago Juan Orozco chooses to walk a different path.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" data-pnum=\"2\">On any given day at any given time of day, you&#8217;re likely to find Santiago mentoring kids who have autism, Down syndrome, and other disabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" data-pnum=\"3\">&#8220;All these kids have a wonderful attitude, they have so much heart, and so much love in their life, all they really need is a little push and a little faith to actually succeed in our society,&#8221; Santiago said.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/Santiago-Juan-Orozco-Coconut-Creek-High-School-510098111.html\" class=\"hb-button hb-default hb-default-button no-three-d\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius: 2px;-moz-border-radius: 2px;border-radius: 2px;\">Read the full article<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s literally a big man on campus, a senior who can hang out with anyone at Coconut Creek High School, but Santiago Juan Orozco chooses to walk a different path.<\/p>\n<p>On any given day at any given time of day, you&#8217;re likely to find Santiago mentoring kids who have autism, Down syndrome, and other disabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2063,"featured_media":111223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"news-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[676],"tags":[146,87,828,243],"class_list":["post-111222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-archive","tag-anthony-kennedy-shriver","tag-best-buddies","tag-inclusion-works","tag-maria-shriver"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Coconut Creek Senior Challenges Stereotypes About People With Disabilities - Best Buddies International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2019\/05\/20\/coconutcreekseniorchallengesstereotypes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coconut Creek Senior Challenges Stereotypes About People With Disabilities - Best Buddies International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"He&#039;s literally a big man on campus, a senior who can hang out with anyone at Coconut Creek High School, but Santiago Juan Orozco chooses to walk a different path.  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