The Spark

Kristine Barnett's son, Jake, has an incredibly high IQ. He's working on an original theory in astrophysics that may someday put him in line for a Nobel prize. Jake's story is remarkable not just because of his achievements but because he was diagnosed with Autism at age two. Against the experts' advice, Kristine pulled her son out of special education classes and began preparing him for mainstream kindergarten on her own. She focused on what he could do, not on what he couldn't, and the results were transformative.