Internship at the White House ‘Means a Lot’: 1st Known Autistic Intern

A fountain bubbles in front of the White House on Nov. 15, 2000 in Washington, DC as the United States awaits a decision in the presidential elections which have remained unresolved for more than a week. Alex Wong/Newsmakers

Xavier DeGroat, believed to be the first autistic intern at the White House, said that his experience in the White House means a lot.

“It means a lot that I interned at the White House and became the first autistic White House intern,” DeGroat, a 30-year-old autism advocate and student at Northwood University, told Fox News in an interview released on Thursday.