Breaking Boards and Bounds: Elite Tae Kwon Do Academy opens doors to those with disabilities [Video]

4S RANCH (KUSI) — It is Autism Awareness month, and the Elite Tae Kwon Do Academy is opening their hears and doors to those with disabilities.

It all started with one student, Giancarlo Valdez, a 22-year-old who is blind and on the Autism spectrum pushing boundaries in Tae Kwon Do and showing others there are no limitations.

“Sometimes it can be a little challenging, but I can get through it easily,” Giancarlo said.

It has been a little over 6 months for Giancarlo but has already gained a lot of discipline and focus that he didn’t have before.

“When I first met him I didn’t think it was possible to teach,” Master Daniel Kim said. “It was a lot of trial and error, but as soon as I got to know him, what he was capable of doing, the natural part of teaching kicked in.”

It is a new and …