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Rory standing on his family property. He has a mullet and is wearing a hoodie.

"When they told me I said, 'Oh, I don't think so' — I didn't want to believe it,"
he said.
Matthew is smiling. He is wearing glasses and a blue and white checked shirt.

Rory sitting on a couch in his family home wearing a black t-shirt

"Young people may grapple with understanding their diagnosis for a while and then the focus turns to how they actually share this information with people in their lives."

"These strengths can be used as an advantage later on in life,"
he said.

"I feel more confident. I'm happy to talk about it now,"
he said.

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"When I'm playing the drums, nothing else matters,"
he said.

A doctor

"Really, it's about creating lifelong habits that can be used alongside or without medication."

"Now it's all about confidence — if you tell yourself that you're good enough to make it, then you can make it. I think I can make it."
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