 
By Lauren Joos
Correspondent
Published: Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 11:42 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 11:47 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 11:47 p.m.
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Blue’s Clues is one of Jacob’s favorite shows even though it’s for “little kids.†The 10-year-old shows a visitor his coloring that looks like the familiar notebook used on the Nickelodeon children’s program.
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Then he shows another coloring. And then another, all of them on the same theme.
Jacob has a mild version of autism, which makes him focus on certain subjects and exclude others.
He is one of two children at Autism Oasis for Kids who communicates verbally. The other five children attending High Spring’s new private school are non-verbal, even at 7 and 8 years old.
Autism Oasis for Kids opened in a small house right off Main Street on Aug. 23, just in time for the 2010-11 school year. While seven children currently attend the school, three more are expected to join in the coming months.
Marie Trempe and her husband, Rob Cecil, founded the school. The couple’s inspiration: their 10-year-old son, Narottam, who has autism.
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