Re: Wednesday night's 20/20 show

[Guest guest]

Was he the little jazz pianist who performed last month at the San Diego

DAN! Saturday poolside dinner?

Lorilyn

> I don't know if anyone else happen to see this, but there was a story

> on about an autistic boy. I think he is 9 year's old. It was a

> story about this boy who is a jazz pianist. My husband was just

> kidding and said " maybe he has autism " . Sure enough that's exactly

> what they said.

[Guest guest]

If you missed this about the autistic boy, you can still see it if

you go to abcnew.com and go to the 20/20 link you can find what they

talked about. He is a very good pianist. After watching the show I

think I'm going to sign up my daughter for piano lessons. She has

been showing interest in the piano recently.

[Guest guest]

I saw it too. My husband called me in after seeing the blurb before

it started. It made him so excited because we are a musical family

and he hopes our 2 year old autistic son will be some day also. My

husband plays piano (songwriter/producer by profession), my 10 year

old plays clarinet and my 8 year old daughter plays the most

beautiful cello music. My husband always said the 2 year old will be

a trumpet player (has the lips for it) but now he is eager to teach

him piano. This was just the encouragement we needed. I was

thankful that they showed not only how talented the boy is but how

difficult it was for the family and how even though he has come a

long way, there are still issues they deal with. The reality is

refreshing.

> I don't know if anyone else happen to see this, but there was a

story

> on about an autistic boy. I think he is 9 year's old. It was a

> story about this boy who is a jazz pianist. My husband was just

> kidding and said " maybe he has autism " . Sure enough that's exactly

> what they said. I wish I would have known it was going to be on.

I

> would have spread the word. It wasn't posted on any of the groups I

> go on. Anyway, it was a great story! Hopefully it will be

repeated!

> He is smart, happy, social and VERY talented. I missed the Oprah

show

> but evidently this was much better.

>

> Kim