A blind and neuro-diverse girl wins hearts after performing intricate piece by Chopin: 'Speechless'

Music touches people in the most inexplicable ways. And when a piece is as beautiful as what this girl played, it sure will leave one awestruck. In a video shared on Twitter by Rex Chapman, a 13-year-old blind and neuro-diverse Lucy can be seen escorted to the chair and a man helps her to find the seat. Meanwhile, the show's host, Claudia Winkleman, is seen talking to the girl's family member. The woman tells her, "She likes the applause, but she doesn't like the sound of the applause. So her fingers go in her ears for sensory reasons." So, Winkleman asks her if she needs to tell the crowd not to clap and the woman insists that Lucy "loves the applause." Then the girl begins to play a musical piece by Chopin on the piano at Birmingham train station. She is so talented that she just knows where each key on the piano is and plays by the ear. People who were looking at her play were emotional and one woman could be seen crying. The performance ends with people applauding. 

It was from an episode of Channel 4's "The Piano," a talent show, judged by pop star Mika and concert pianist Lang Lang. After the performance, Winkleman tells Lucy, "It was so lovely to meet you. you were tremendous. It's more than I deserve." Meanwhile, Lang looked stunned and says, "I'm speechless. I really don't know what to say."

The video on Twitter is captioned, "Meet Lucy. A 13-year-old who is blind and neurodiverse — as she plays a highly-complex Chopin piece. This is truly incredible…" Many on the platform found the performance mind-blowing. @indyfromspace commented, "she embodies the entire soul of the music and plays it for us. What magic, and how lucky are we." @TheNearlyDeads commented, "Truly incredible what some people can overcome! Inspiring to say the least." @SherriHoss commented, "Hi Lucy you are a prodigy just in case you haven’t been told you are amazing, sound travels in waves and honey you are definitely riding the wave bravo." @twfwrestling commented, "Tears. My daughter has autism. She learns differently. She thinks differently. This is a perfect example of neurodiversity on display. We need to do everything we can to accept and guide these children to do whatever they love like any other kid. Great stuff."

In a similar story, 17-year-old Gabby Garcia is a talented drummer who was born deaf. She is a drummer with Fort Myers High School marching band in Florida, as reported by NBC News. Her parents found out that Gabby was born deaf when they were just about to send her to kindergarten. She learned American sign language and lip reading. At 10, she got cochlear implants, which boosted her hearing by 85 percent. However, she still was determined to learn drums through vibrations. And talking about how she does that, Gabby said, “I’m feeling it through my soul.” According to Gabby's school band director, Ledarian Townsend, she is one of his best students. He said: “The sky is the limit, she has nothing that can stop her.”

NBC reported that the Fort Myers High School marching band in Florida with whom Gabby performs was so good that they were invited to perform at London's New Year Day's parade. In the video, she can be seen playing the drums along with her team for thousands of people.