In addition, as with most people struck with Williams syndrome, he had very poor eye-hand coordination, and had difficulty buttoning up his sweater (his mother had to help him), tying his own shoes (he had Velcro straps instead of laces), and he even had difficulty climbing stairs or getting food from his plate to his mouth. But he played the clarinet. There were a few pieces that he had learned, and he was able to execute the numerous and complicated finger movements to play them. He could not name the notes, and couldn’t tell me what he was doing at any one point of the piece—it was as
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