Austin Fisher is being banned from walking at his own graduation for racking up two too many unexcused absences. While those circumstances might be considered the fault of the athlete in most cases. Austin Fisher's case is a rather extraordinary one: His absences were all brought on by time he spent caring for his mother, who has spent the past six years battling breast cancer. The Carrollton school district caps the number of absences allowable for a student to walk with his or her graduation class at 14, a number which means that Fisher will not be able to walk across the stage with the rest of his classmates. For Fisher and other seniors at the school, that seems extremely unfair, all of his absences were brought on by his efforts to care for his mother as he is the only one that resides at home. When she was unable to work Austin took on two jobs to help pay bills.