A 10-year-old boy with autism and blindness sings. His voice left everyone in disbelief. Ten-year-old Christopher Duffley has a remarkable voice and is blind and autistic. He proves that a person’s appearance does not necessarily indicate that he is less competent.
At the age of four, Christopher Duffley received a microphone. He started singing and so embarked on a path that inspired audiences worldwide, even though his speech, social interaction, and cognitive abilities were deemed to be “significantly delayed.”
At ten years old, he was performing the national anthem in Fenway Park, and by eleven, he was a YouTube phenomenon. Unknowingly, Christopher started to motivate millions of individuals from different backgrounds. In every song and lecture he gave during his life, Chris reminded us that we are boundless; we simply need a gentle reminder.
Because of his medication exposure, Christopher weighed 1 pound 12 ounces at birth. After five months in the intensive care unit, he was placed with a foster home. He was found by his biological aunt, who took him to New Hampshire and adopted him into her family of six. His struggles with complete blindness and severe disabilities would influence the new life that awaited him.
