Nonverbal autistic boy, four, who has only said four words in his entire LIFE is suddenly prompted to start SINGING after hearing country hit 'Old Town Road'
- Daniel Brundidge of Cottage Grove, Minnesota is autistic and nonverbal
- But the four-year-old shocked his family when he began to sing along with the hit song Old Town Road by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus on Tuesday
- The song has been at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 list for nine weeks
- His proud mother Sheletta Brundidge shared a sweet video of her son singing
- She says her son has uttered three to four words in his entire life
- 'All this money we spent on therapists and doctors ... and "Achy Breaky Heart" is the one who brought my son the breakthrough that he needed,' she said
- Lil Nas X shared the video on Twitter saying: 'What a king'
The hit song Old Town Road is more than just a catchy tune, it helped one nonverbal autistic boy utter some new words.
It was a miracle for four-year-old Daniel Brundidge of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, who has only said about four words in his life.
The adorable boy loves the song by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, which has been sitting at the number one spot on Billboard's Hot 100 for nine weeks running, and was jamming with his mom when he sang 'old town road' along with the chorus.
'We had an #oldtownroad miracle at my house. My son Daniel has #autism and doesn't talk. We caught him humming the @LilNasX and @billyraycyrus tune the other day. Then Bless God, my baby started singing the song on his own. His therapists have started to use it in his sessions!' his proud mom Sheletta Brundidge tweeted on Tuesday.
The video's gone viral racking up over 1.4million views.
Old Town Miracle! Four-year-old Daniel Brundidge of Cottage Grove, Minnesota is autistic and nonverbal but made a breakthrough on Tuesday when he started to sing Old Town Road. Pictured smiling above in his Old Town Road country outfit including a cowboy hat and boots
His proud mom Sheletta Brundidge shared the adorable video on Twitter where's it's gone viral racking up 1.4million views
Can't nobody tell me nothin! In the adorable clip Daniel is seen humming along then chiming in for the chorus saying 'old town road'
The mom, who hosts the podcast Two Haute on WCCO radio, shared video of the special moment where the little boy appears concentrated as he hums and right on cue says 'old town road' on beat with the rapper.
She was shocked because Daniel has been enrolled in speech therapy from an early age but has remained mostly nonverbal.
'He just hasn't responded well to the therapy. Nothing we've tried has given us the results that we saw with the other children. ... We were beating our head up against the wall,' Brundidge said to The Tennessean.
She has four children, three of whom are diagnosed with autism, but the others besides Daniel are fully verbal.
But then something clicked.
'It was just a hum at first. I was like, 'Oh my god, he's singing 'Old Town Road.' Then he started saying the words. This is a child who hasn't said three or four words together in the time he's been alive,' she added.
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Proud mom: Sheletta Brundidge says Daniel has spoken about three or four words in his entire life and despite speech therapy is nonverbal. Now they hope implementing music therapy will help him open up
Family: Daniel pictured above with his siblings in their Minnesota home
Rapper Lil Nas X shared the sweet video on Twitter writing 'What a king'
Overwhelmed, Brundidge burst into tears to hear her son sing.
'It's such a breakthrough. It took us six months for us to teach him the letter A. Without any teaching, he was able to listen to it, absorb it, memorize it and then recall it,' she aid.
'All this money we spent on therapists and doctors and supplements ... and "Achy Breaky Heart" is the one who brought my son the breakthrough that he needed,' she added, citing Billy Ray Cyrus's 1992 country hit.
She immediately called Daniel's therapists and asked them to incorporate the song in his therapy moving forward. They'll also incorporate music therapy into Daniel's daily routine, hoping to have similar success with other tunes.
She posted the adorable moment on Twitter and the rapper Lil Nas X shared it on Twitter writing 'what a king'.
Billy Ray Cyrus also shared video of Daniel's miracle singing.
