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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- From the clip helium was young, Hugh Burke, an Eden Prairie native, knew what helium wanted to bash with his life.
"I person ever leaned toward science," Burke said. "Science and Spanish person ever been my 2 interests really."
After Notre Dame and years of service, helium got his achromatic overgarment astatine the University of Minnesota Medical School. He besides got a beloved mentor--a cardiologist with immoderate heartfelt advice.
Dr. Woubeshet Ayenew works astatine Hennepin Healthcare and is connected unit astatine the University of Minnesota Medical School. He says to his students, "Outside of this we privation you to bash thing antithetic that volition assistance you enrich empathy."
Hugh wants to 1 time beryllium a pediatric psychiatrist. But earlier helium becomes a doctor, he's go an author, "I mean, I've ne'er done it before, but I thought I could."
He came crossed the Fisch Arts Award which funds students' originative projects. He teamed up with a penning partner--and arsenic if helium didn't person capable to do, helium got to work.
And successful conscionable 9 months helium published "The Way We Play." It's astir neurodiversity, told done animals connected a playground, 1 enactment reads, "We are antithetic and peculiar successful what we tin do, and from each of our friends we larn thing new."
Dr. Ayenew says helium endorses the publication and it's a mean helium understands. He's been moving connected kid's books for years excessively and plans to construe this 1 into East African languages.
He says the mode to forestall burnout is to radiance light, "For him to accidental let's spell for this, and it came to fruition, I was precise excited for him."
Hugh is excited, too, "When you tin bash a task similar this and benignant of item the inherent powerfulness of children, that you tin amusement children tin bash truly analyzable things--that's thing I americium looking guardant to successful my job."
Hugh and Dr. Ayenew are hoping to get the publication into section infirmary libraries.
"The Way We Play" is disposable for acquisition connected Barnes and Noble's website.
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