Meet the teen behind SHREDS firestarters... Ben is a 16 year old sophomore at Conard High School with autism. He enjoys swimming, listening to music and watching YouTube videos. He also loves to sit in front of a roaring fire. In the winter, his fireplace is ablaze almost every night. In the summer, he loves to sit around a firepit on weekends with family and friends. Ben is nonverbal and can find many vocational skills challenging so when Ben started shredding paper it was s