How ’Old Town Road’ Helped Boy With Autism Find His Voice

While doing housework, Sheletta Brundidge discovered the breakthrough she’d been waiting for. Her 4-year-old son, Daniel, started singing the words to the wildly popular hit “Old Town Road“ by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus. Daniel has autism and is nonverbal. But according to Sheletta, the song has inspired him to finally find his voice. As ’s Stephanie Officer reports, Lil Nas X himself was so moved, he reached out to the family.