Young Man With Autism Gives Powerful Speech at Brother’s Wedding
- An autistic young man has demonstrated true love as he served as the best man on his brother's wedding day
- In his speech, he said even though he is scared of the crowd, he had to do it for his brother on such a special day
- Reading words that were mixed with comic relief and emotionally jarring statements, he entertained the wedding guests
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A young man living with autism has got out of his comfort zone for his brother on his wedding day where he served as the best man.
Despite autistic patients always being scared of the crowd, the young man braved it all and gave a powerful speech that got many people emotional.
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He made a big sacrifice
In a series of videos made by @ladbible and reshared by Linda Ikeji on Instagram, the man read a speech that aroused laughter and tears from the wedding guests.
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The best man said despite the fact that his medical condition makes him uncomfortable amid crowd, he overcame that for his brother.
He jokingly added that the bride married the second most handsome person in their family, suggesting he is the first.
Watch the videos below (swipe for more):
As at the time of writing this report, the video has gathered over 1,500 comments with thousands of views.
Below are some of the reactions:
churchill147 said:
"Wow funny and touching speech. God bless there union."
realobystella said:
"That was incredibly most beautiful speech oh bless him."
alphafood_mart said:
"Best thing I’ve seen in this month of September."
plantstemcellwellness said:
"The best video I've seen in a while."
ifeanyileviokonkwo said:
"If u know what autism is then u must know how difficult it is for him to stand there and gave this amazing speech."
Lovely bride gifts husband a car
Meanwhile, Briefly News earlier reported that a Nigerian woman did the unusual and people cannot just stop talking about her act.
On her wedding day, the bride broke stereotypes and gave her husband a brand new car. The man appeared scared as his wife marched him out to the surprise.
Not knowing what was about to happen, he wore a frown as his friends made jest of him. Someone behind the camera said the man does not know what is about to happen.
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