Little Autistic Drummer Boy - the highlights

An 11yr old autistic boy (my son, Malikai) goes from "drifting along..." to "Full Steam Ahead!" in one 1/2 hr session after 2 & 1/2 yrs of lessons. This has been edited to 10 min. to give you the "feel of it" but I had to take out a lot of really cool stuff. Watch the 3 part series for the full 1/2 hour.

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• Autistic
• Autism
• Break-through
• drum
• drumming

[JoeJMacD]

Happy Anniversary Nanny and Poppa!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo­xoxo

[JoeJMacD]

I've got a sneaking suspicion that Nanny loves her grandson, but I KNOW that he loves her...

Oh, and poppa to...heehee

[kalikama]

Wow--and such nice eye contact with Dad! He gets such joy from it all! Good work Dad and Coach!

[laurieharris1]

Hey buddy it looks like your making a lot of people happy when you play the drums.Keep going love Nanny and Poppa.

[SafetyEnterprisesLLC]

AWESOME!!!! 

[monkeyman1282]

screw the one person who disliked this video..malikai use to go to my school. very talented boy!

[Deeona2boys]

Can't believe a autistic child would take to drums. Most the ones I know (I only know of 4 though) freak out over loud noise. Especially drums and symbols.

[KidCanza]

Get him a better kit

[miamirox99]

This was awesome to see. I have 4 year old twin girls and 1 has autism. They both enjoyed watching as well. I love to see these inspiring stories. Our kids are so incredible, everything they do is amazing so this must have made you guys estatic! Great Job Malikai!

[123j4ckdrummer123]

Why even this video

[jaydy11]

Rock on kid!! You're doing great. I'm Autistic too and I know what it's like I hope this made you feel on top of the world cause it sure made my day!

[MamaSue2u]

This is wonderful! So many kids with ASD want to bang on things.... it's only logical to give those kids drums. Malikai is doing beautifully! I loved watching and listening. BTW I'm a mom of two adult sons with Autism. I wish I'd been able to give them this experience. You rock!