Hamza Akroush is a multi-talented person. He plays the piano, draws and makes jewelry, and does not allow his autism to stand in his way.
Autism spectrum disorder is a condition related to how the brain handles information.
Symptoms may include difficulty in social communication, and poor interpersonal skills, according to the American Psychiatric Association.
Hamza, 20, was diagnosed when he was only two years old. His family described the feeling of shock and fear when they heard the news.
And his father, Yasser Akroush, said, "We were surprised at the beginning, because he was Hamza with him, for autism. We did not know what the meaning of autism was.
The family quickly found ways to improve Hamzah's condition, seeking advice from doctors in Jordan and around the world.
The family discovered that Hamza is passionate about music and the arts, spending hours playing Umm Kulthum songs on the piano, or making key chains and bracelets of beads in his workshop.
His father adds that his son's immersion in these identities helped him to develop communication skills, which encouraged him to break down barriers and get a job in a restaurant.
He added, "I am a good instructor with the status of Hamzah, I mean, I see very big hope. He is the same as Hamza due to the rest of society, unless he considers Hamzah his condition that he is more developed than members of society, and we are looking at a mistake of God."
He continued, “What you are ashamed of your son, whether he is sick or not ill, he has a disability and he does not have a disability, he has a condition and he has no condition. . Hamza Shoui had his soul mate in music, he had the same taste in drawing, he had found himself in the accessories, he had the same taste that he worked with people, with love working in his hand ».
Yasser wants his son to set an example for other families who have a son with autism, to show them that their son may be a gifted and productive member of society.
Doctor Hamza Sarkis, a consultant who specializes in neurological disorders and especially autism, says: “Hamza is a child model that unites any child with autism present on the globe, and the first thing that is absent from the minds of specialists in most places. Opportunities, and he took advantage and had the ability to take advantage of every opportunity in a certain way, of course, with perseverance, with follow-up from parents, follow-up from specialists to work with me from the school, but the opportunities were invested and developed with imaginations into his presence so as to expand his awareness more ».