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    Autistic man shot in head still recovering 1 year after Chicago attack: ‘A long time to recover’

    CHICAGO — When Jesus Rega got his high school diploma, he didn’t get to walk across the stage. He couldn’t. As classmates donned caps and gowns, he was bedridden after being hospitalized for a blood clot and too afraid to get in the car — more complications in a long recovery after being shot in the head and stomach while waiting for the school bus outside his Back of the Yards home last ...
    by Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune Jan 03, 2024 4 minutes
    Jesus Rega, 22, watches out the window for his mother to return from work on Dec. 5, 2023.

    CHICAGO — When Jesus Rega got his high school diploma, he didn’t get to walk across the stage.

    He couldn’t. As classmates donned caps and gowns, he was bedridden after being hospitalized for a blood clot and too afraid to get in the car — more complications in a long recovery after being shot in the head and stomach while waiting for the school bus outside his Back of the Yards home last January.

    Instead, Jesus, an autistic and nonverbal 22-year-old, celebrated with teachers and loved ones at the clubhouse of the southwest suburban neighborhood his family moved to after the Jan. 18 shooting. His parents ordered chicken and pizza, “everything he likes,” said

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