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Rhydian and his interest in Autism
The Rhydian thread goes too quickly to be sure of getting an answer but I was wondering what anyone knows about Rhyds interest in Autism as he has apparantly talked about wanting to donate a goodly 50% of his earnings to Autism and Carers.
Such a desire usually comes from some close (family?) exposure to the condition and I was curious to know what that might be? |
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The Rhydian thread goes too quickly to be sure of getting an answer but I was wondering what anyone knows about Rhyds interest in Autism as he has apparantly talked about wanting to donate a goodly 50% of his earnings to Autism and Carers.
Such a desire usually comes from some close (family?) exposure to the condition and I was curious to know what that might be? Top man! |
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I don't really think its any of your business why
![]() Just be happy that he is. Not many people do that. His mum works for a caring charity so that is probably the connection
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His old singing teacher who he is close to has a child with Autism. He talks about it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uFQTzG-ilM |
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i believe his music teacher has an autistic child and her and her husband started up a charity, i am sure someone will have more details.
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Or maybe he is just a charitable person that wants to help
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The Rhydian thread goes too quickly to be sure of getting an answer but I was wondering what anyone knows about Rhyds interest in Autism as he has apparantly talked about wanting to donate a goodly 50% of his earnings to Autism and Carers.
Such a desire usually comes from some close (family?) exposure to the condition and I was curious to know what that might be? Rhydian want's to help support this charity along with the one his mother works for for young carers.
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His old singing teacher who he is close to has a child with Autism. He talks about it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uFQTzG-ilM Good on him. My interest is in Aspergers which is the "high functioning" end of Autism, but the whole range of Austistic spectrum conditions needs much more awareness and support and therefore money to fund that. |
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That's really good of him. My younger brother has autism so it's good Rhydian is raising awareness of it
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His singing teacher and her husband have an autistic child and have set up a charity to benefit autistic children.
Rhydian want's to help support this charity along with the one his mother works for for young carers. ![]()
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I don't really think its any of your business why
![]() Just be happy that he is. Not many people do that. His mum works for a caring charity so that is probably the connection ![]() The degree of personnal exposure he has had to Autism and its nature could be an indicator of how much he may get involved as well as donating. I am involved in an organisation that tries to raise awareness about neurological conditions including Aspergers and his interest is worth noting. |
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He is a wonderful person and has promised to donate 50% of any income he has to the charity for Carers and also Autism.
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The Rhydian thread goes too quickly to be sure of getting an answer but I was wondering what anyone knows about Rhyds interest in Autism as he has apparantly talked about wanting to donate a goodly 50% of his earnings to Autism and Carers.
Such a desire usually comes from some close (family?) exposure to the condition and I was curious to know what that might be? You know what, if he does that, I will vote even MORE than last time for him. I follow Autism and all the various aspects connected with it and I also know friends that have been Carers. Both causes are worthy. Kudos to him that he isn't greedy. |
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He is a wonderful person and has promised to donate 50% of any income he has to the charity for Carers and also Autism.
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Just noticed this but it is no less my business than many of the other things that Rhydian has talked about and why should I not want to know what has prompted his interest?
The degree of personnal exposure he has had to Autism and its nature could be an indicator of how much he may get involved as well as donating. I am involved in an organisation that tries to raise awareness about neurological conditions including Aspergers and his interest is worth noting. neelia , OMG. Aspergers, Autism, ADD, ADHD....please PM me. This is indeed very interesting. Glad there is an organisation that tries to raise awareneed. I only knew about the NAS. I would also like to know what made Rhyd choose those 2? Carers it's obvious, as his mum has been in the field, but Autism? perhaps the carers that have more dificulties in the running of a normal, day to day , life are the carers of autistic persons? |
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neelia , OMG. Aspergers, Autism, ADD, ADHD....please PM me. This is indeed very interesting.
Glad there is an organisation that tries to raise awareneed. I only knew about the NAS. I would also like to know what made Rhyd choose those 2? Carers it's obvious, as his mum has been in the field, but Autism? perhaps the carers that have more dificulties in the running of a normal, day to day , life are the carers of autistic persons? Just pm'd you If anyone else is interested (and I hope this doesn't break any forum rules) DANDA (Developmental Adult Neuro-Diversity Association) is as far as we know the only charity in the world that deals with the range of neurological conditions Aspergers, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia and AD(H)D as few people have just one and no one is really interested in adults but children grow into them given half a chance . Danda doesn't deal with the low functioning end of Autism. http://www.danda.org.uk/ just high functioning and Aspergers |
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Thats lovely of him. where was this story found and when?
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Thats lovely of him. where was this story found and when?
He talks about it in one of the behind the scenes video's on the official site that was just posted yesterday. There is a link on Youtube as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uFQTzG-ilM |
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Thats lovely of him. where was this story found and when?
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His old singing teacher who he is close to has a child with Autism. He talks about it here:
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Thats lovely of him. where was this story found and when?
GG, silly me... just look at the video I quoted above you. Rhydian speaks of why he has decided to raise awareness for those 2 charities and give them 50% of his earnings. That is touching. |
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He has also been training to run the London(?) marathon in aid of his Mum's charity.
He should win for the fact that he can sing, he has fantastic talent. He is generoous beyond all. He is just fantastic. ![]() The Papers should be made aware of this. |
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I know and no one not even the Sun or any of the other paper has in anyway made reference to this.
He should win for the fact that he can sing, he has fantastic talent. He is generoous beyond all. He is just fantastic. ![]() The Papers should be made aware of this. I think it's to his credit that none of this has been used in his pre-performance VT's. He just relies on his voice to get votes. |
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I know and no one not even the Sun or any of the other paper has in anyway made reference to this.
He should win for the fact that he can sing, he has fantastic talent. He is generoous beyond all. He is just fantastic. ![]() The Papers should be made aware of this. |
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I think it might backfire if this did come out in a bg way in the papers. Some would twist it as a ploy to get votes.
...well, it's not like he would be forced to do so, anyway. And he IS the Favourite to win. So he kind of has the position to speak from. And it's about giving away, not about buying a house for his mum.... or a car or something frivolous. TBH, I think he is very altruistic. He has spoken before about trying to raise awareness for charities , even in a few interviews. |
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...well, it's not like he would be forced to do so, anyway. And he IS the Favourite to win.
So he kind of has the position to speak from. And it's about giving away, not about buying a house for his mum.... or a car or something frivolous. TBH, I think he is very altruistic. He has spoken before about trying to raise awareness for charities , even in a few interviews. |
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