Brooklyn Park Boy Invents Winning Game Inspired by Sister with Autism
February 9, 2018
By: Hannah Covington
Source: Star Tribune
Ten-year-old Kusa Xiong has looked out for his big sister for as long as he can remember.
At school, he helps her unpack her things at her locker. At home, the siblings read together, make up games and practice counting.
Kusa said 12-year-old Pahnuly, who has autism, inspires him to think differently. It was because of her, after all, that inspiration struck the kid inventor one day at home in Brooklyn Park while the family played pingpong — a sport Pahnuly struggled with. Kusa wanted to find a way to make pingpong more suited to his sister’s needs.
Before long, the fifth-grader had dreamed up a winning idea that’s attracting national attention and is now being manufactured for sale by a toy company.