On Monday, the Purdue Faculty Senate heard an impassioned and tearful resolution from chemical engineering professor Steve Beaudoin asking the school to include better treatment for people with autism-spectrum disorders in its health plan.
When President Mitch Daniels announced the change would be made, a cheer went up from a dozen assembled supporters and Beaudoin thrust his fist in the air at the prospect of ending what’s been a two-year long fight for him and his family.
WBAA’s Stan Jastrzebski interviewed Beaudoin shortly after he made his emotional speech.