Kindness shines through for autistic student and his best friend

Jeriah showing some of the congratulatory and thank you messages he received from fellow students.

When Jeriah Armstead-Gary began attending Copley-Fairlawn schools a few years ago, the experience didn’t start out great.

Jeriah, who was diagnosed with autism at four years old, was teased and picked on as he adjusted to the new environment, his mother said.