A hairdresser has been praised on social media for going to extra lengths to make an autistic customer comfortable when they're giving their barnet a chop.
Evan O'Dwyer, 16, non-verbal and extremely sensitive in terms of sensory input due to his living with autism.
On Monday he went to get a haircut from his regular barber, Donncha O'Connell, who works at the Baldy Barber in Blackpool, Ireland - however Evan refused to stay in the chair.
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So, Donncha and his brother Dylan improvised and he cut his hair in the car.
"It's great when you have a brilliant barber and who totally understands autism and who will go to any lengths to make your child feel comfortable,' wrote his mum Deirdre posting an image of the haircut to Facebook.
"Donncha O'Connell Snr has been cutting Evans hair for the past 14 years but today Evan had other ideas and refused to stay in the chair so Donncha and his brother Dylan improvised and he cut his hair in the car."
The image of Eva receiving his cut was posted to Facebook and at the time of writing has received over 2,000 'likes'.
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It comes after we reported earlier this year that a nine-year-old boy who had never spoken before sang for the first time during his school play and the heart-warming moment was caught on video.
Musab Mohamoud, who has autism and complex learning difficulties, was classed as non-verbal and had been relying on a form of sign language, called Makaton, to communicate.
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However, he shocked staff at his school - Venturers' Academy in Withywood, Bristol - when he sang in front of 100 people last week. In the footage Musab can be seen performing a solo he had written for himself.
Since singing he has been able to say 'good morning' to staff.
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His principal Trystan Williams said: "It was a truly incredible moment to see Musab and the others singing on the stage.
"During the music week we noticed that Musab, who is non-verbal and previously had only mumbled words, was starting to form words.
"To see Musab stand on the stage and sing for the first time was an utterly magical and probably the most uplifting point in my 25 career of working with young people with learning difficulties."
His dad, Saeed, said seeing his son sing was 'like magic', calling it a 'very special moment'.
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He added: ""He used to hum along to CBeebies when it came on the television but the school concert was the first time we had ever heard him properly sing.
"He is now starting to sing along to other songs when he recognises them on the TV.
"We are hoping his love of music and singing will help develop his communication skills."
Musab is now set to record the song with his classmates. Amazing.
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