Hi I just wanted to share a brief story about my 17 year old son Darion Powers. He is an incredible boy, that amazes me more and more everyday. I'm not going to say there aren't any struggles everyday lol because boy are there ever LOL. My son was nonverbal until after age 4 and when he did talk , he sounded as if he had a major hearing impairment. Darion would do the "classic" autism things from the flapping, no eye contact, stacking things and organizing everything, to not doing well in crowds, or when someone would try and engage darion in conversation he would just say yes aha OK. he has made some leaps and bounds and slips and falls as well, but he has always had a thing with music. as i stated darion was non verbal until age 4 plus, but he could here a song and sing it not just sing it, but mimic the sound and the words, we had a lil parrot on our hands. though darion loved music he would never sing in front of people or be involved in any chorus or choirs until our new move this last Nov. he started the choir in his new school and loved it , he loved to sing in front of everyone. and now he has decided to audition for The Voice this Sunday January 19. please wish him luck and know that no matter what anyone says you know your children and their potential and just lead them to shine. i hope this will bring a little hope. i cant share a link on here but you can find darion powers page on fb and follow his journey with life and his audition with the voice. maybe some of these videos can show you that you can be anything and do anything you all are shinning stars.

dawn powers
horicon, WI