Thristan Mendoza

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Thristan Mendoza (born 1989) is a Filipino autistic savant and marimba prodigy.

Thristan "Tum-Tum" Mendoza was born 1989 in Quezon City, Philippines. He was enrolled at the Philippine Montessori Center and was diagnosed as autistic at the age of two and a half. During the same year he began to play.

In 1997 the University of the Philippines presented him as a gifted child prodigy.

He is now a college student majoring in percussion.

[edit] References

• Darold Treffert. Thristan "Tum-Tum" Mendoza – a child prodigy marimbist with autism from the Philippines. Wisconsin Medical Society. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.

[edit] Further reading

• Bouy, Janet. "Keyed up: Thristan Mendoza, 12 Quezon City, Philippines. (Kids Did It!)", National Geographic World, December 1, 2001.