Music is the language an autistic East London teenager JR Nkosi uses to communicate and capture audiences at music events around the city.
The 16-year-old composes his own songs and also plays international music from the late pop artist Michael Jackson and South African great musician Hotstix Mabuse with ease.
His mother Yolande Nkosi, in an interview at their Dorchester Heights home on Friday, said parents with autistic children needed to help develop their children’s talents and skills. “Most kids with autism have brilliant minds, once they learn and do something they can end up mastering it,” she said...