Man with autism credits ballet with saving his life

A 20-year-old man diagnosed with the most severe form of autism at a young age now stars in a premier ballet company that he credits with saving his life. “They said I would never be able to live on my own or take care of myself,” Philip Martin-Nelson told MyFoxNY.com. For the first three years of his life Martin-Nelson was unable to speak, make eye contact or even allow someone to touch him. His parents sought therapy for him and enrolled him in sports and gymnastics. When he finally gained the ability to speak, he told them he wanted to dance. “My mom used to tell me when we would put Barney on the TV and I would memorize the dances before I could speak,” Martin-Nelson told MyFoxNY.com. When he was 6, Martin-Nelson was enrolled in his first ballet class where dancing “unlocked” him. “That was the first time they saw me focus, and the first time they saw me really wanting to do something and really paying attention,” he told MyFoxNY.com. Dance began affecting every as
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