How a 9-year-old artist with autism is inspiring others

To commemorate World Autism Month, aimed at raising awareness and building support for people with autism, NBC News’ Steven Romo spoke to one young artist whose viral artwork is breaking ground. 

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[JamesMaynardMoreland]

As a 29 year old with Autusm I'm glad to see how far we've come with people understanding autism I went undiagnosed until 17 glad to see how much the world has changed in such a short amount of time

[justice_]

You go dude! Thank you for inspiring others!

[pouletsept]

Just wait, several years from now he'll be working on the next big cartoon series or comic book. What an awesomely talented child.

[dreamcatcher]

Tiger does have a normal life sweetie. This is HIS normal and it is BEAUTIFUL !!! GREAT JOB TIGER !!! WE LOVE YOU AND YOUR ARTWORK !!! 😘❤👏🥰

[robertgreen]

What a great young man and his father is a champ also!

[GPTMagana]

I like that his dad don't just say they're "grateful for the opportunity" that was given for their child. Ditto for mom and anyone who's asking for sympathy. Nobody asked for sympathy to get this far. Tyler's dad trusted THE TIGER and gave time to understand Tyler's potential and his creative medium.

Let's not call him "T". They should be proud for their aspirations!

[lee-egor]

Wow he’s very very good I loved drawing when I was young

[marystripling]

mind is blown away....if he can do THIS, think of what else he could do....UPSIDE DOWN

[carolynjackson]

WOW!!!! A talent!!! Artist!!! So gooD!!! 😁😊

[Fan-Nimater]

I have high fuction autism and I’m in art school recently and I’m an artist too I’m creating my own web comic and gonna pitch it to a network to make it a cartoon

[DarthWaffle.]

He inspires me to find another news channel. This isn’t news