Danny Brezina

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Danny Brezina gets a hug from his mother, Missi, after reading an Autism Awareness Proclamation during a board meeting at Cary Village Hall on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 in Cary. This was the third year Brezina, a senior with autism at Cary-Grove High School, was offered the opportunity to deliver the proclamation during a village board meeting in Autism Awareness month.

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Danny Brezina, left, speaks with Cary Mayor Mark Kownick prior to delivering an Autism Awareness Proclamation during a board meeting at Cary Village Hall on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 in Cary. This was the third year Brezina, a senior with autism at Cary-Grove High School, was offered the opportunity to deliver the proclamation during a village board meeting in Autism Awareness month.

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Danny Brezina snaps a selfie with his mom, Missi, with a Flood Brothers waste management truck displaying Autism Awareness messages outside Cary Village Hall prior to delivering an Autism Awareness Proclaimation during a village board meeting on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 in Cary. This was the third year Brezina, a senior with autism at Cary-Grove High School, was offered the opportunity to deliver the proclamation during a village board meeting in Autism Awareness month.

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Cary Mayor Mark Kownick, left, and board member Ellen McAlpine, right, look to Danny Brezina as he prepares to take the Mayor's seat to deliver an Autism Awareness Proclamation during a board meeting at Cary Village Hall on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 in Cary. This was the third year Brezina, a senior with autism at Cary-Grove High School, was offered the opportunity to deliver the proclamation during a village board meeting in Autism Awareness month.

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Cary-Grove senior Danny Brezina, 18, marches with classmates to the football field for graduation at Cary-Grove High School on Sunday, May 16, 2021 in Cary.

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Cary-Grove football co-manager Danny Brezina bumps elbows with the Trojans as they prepare to take the field against Prairie Ridge during their football game on Saturday, April 10, 2021 at Cary-Grove High School in Cary.

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Cary-Grove football co-manager Danny Brezina wipes the rain off a players' bench on the sidelines of their home game against Prairie Ridge on Saturday, April 10, 2021 at Cary-Grove High School in Cary.

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Cary-Grove co-manager Danny Brezina races onto the field after being announced on senior night before their home game against Crystal Lake Central on Friday, April 16, 2021 in Cary.

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A photograph cutout of Danny Brezina, dressed in costume as a Duck Dynasty actor is held by a member of the Cary-Grove student section on senior night prior to facing Crystal Lake Central on Friday, April 16, 2021 in Cary.

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Cary-Grove senior Danny Brezina works on a drawing inside art class at Cary-Grove High School on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 in Cary.

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Cary-Grove football co-manager Danny Brezina slaps hands with the Trojans as they get psyched for their home gaime against Crystal Lake Central on Friday, April 16, 2021 in Cary.