autism spectrum disorder, it’s been a lifeline.“I like music… Music is my way of expressing myself,” he said.Ron is used to performing for large audiences.He taught himself how to play the piano at the age of seven, his parents explained proudly.
How those with autism are handling the COVID-19 outbreak “Just by looking at the display, he was able to play the classical medley by himself,” said his mother, Lucy Adea.When the pandemic started, Ron began feeling overwhelmed.“He doesn’t want to get out, he doesn’t want to go to church, he doesn’t want to go anywhere,” remembered Romeo Adea, Ron’s father.“He was asking what’s going on… what’s happening and then seeing it’s the whole world on lockdown and quarantine and he really got so.