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Pianist, 18, with autism performs at Dix Hills school
As the boys and girls of Forest Park Elementary filed into the Dix Hills school's cafeteria yesterday, Brittany Maier played "Piano Man" softly on a keyboard onstage, smiling, swaying back and forth and singing quietly to herself.
Hundreds of eyes gazed up at her, but behind dark glasses, Maier, who is blind and autistic, and has a brain impairment, focused only on the music.
Maier,...
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