Rachel Payne - Teen living with Asperger's - Sings Miley's "The Climb"

Rachel Payne is a teenager living with Asperger Syndrome - often considered a high functioning form of autism.

Singer-Songwriter, Joe Iadanza, was asked to perform the song with Rachel during his performance at a Long Island concert to benefit The Mosaic School where she is a student. Joe worked with Rachel over a two week period to rehearse this cover of "The Climb".

This song, popularized by Miley Cyrus, is a favorite of Rachel's. She sings and dedicates it here to all of her teachers, fellow students, and people living with Autism.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rachel Payne
• Joe Iadanza
• Miley Cyrus
• Asperger Syndrome
• Autism
• Live Music
• Acoustic
• Pop
• The Climb

[2680mel]

wow u have a great voice and i have to tell u you sing it a lot better then and singer who sing this..

[mychemicalkaty]

hey Rachel, it's Katy from chorus. this literally just gave me chills. you are an amazing singer (which i already knew b/c you keep me on my game at chorus) and you should be proud of your achievements. this was a very brave and very beautiful thing to do. see you soon!

[bekz15]

I have Aspergers syndrome also and i wanna be a singer! x

[jcmill9]

Very beautiful... You should be very proud of your talent

[selenali0228]

you're awesome, you sing fantastic!

[MsAmata]

You have a very pleasant and easy to listen to voice. This song was a good choice for your voice as well. Great video! I enjoyed listening to it!

[fairygothmom74]

Rachel, you are amazing. :) My family has been lucky enough to hear you with GSNC Chorus over the past couple of years, but this is the first time I've heard you solo and now I understand what your mom is always going on about. I would love to see a recording of you performing Charlotte Church.

[desertbluff]

Beautiful and inspiring!!

[TheOtherJarhead]

Joe, I was there that night and you, Peter Case and Rachel put on a great show. Rachel is an amazing young lady. My daughter works at the Mosaic School and loves Rachel. Thanks for posting this.

[ferraro513]

good job rachel you sound better than miley

Noah