Student with autism and Tourette’s wows classmates by showing he can mimic 50 birds

"I've always thought there's nothing wrong with me," says Alfreð Aðils Sigurðarson, who was six years old when he was diagnosed with Tourette's. He can do anything he wants and lives a good life with the disease. Óðinn Svan Óðinsson spoke to Alfreð in Kastljós on RÚV. Tourette's is a hereditary, incurable neurological disease and it is believed that 0.6% of the world's population has it. The symptoms are most often noticeable tics, repetitive mo…

Student with autism and Tourette’s wows classmates by showing he can mimic 50 birds

Samuel Henderson, a special education student at Nikoma Park Intermediate in Choctaw, Oklahoma, has shown exceptional talent for mimicking bird calls. While managing autism and Tourette’s syndrome, he often retreats ... Read more The post Student with autism and Tourette’s wows classmates by mimicking bird calls perfectly appeared first on My Positive Outlooks.