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Aspiring DJ With Autism Makes Friends at His First Festival and Lands a Gig for Next Year's Event

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Adam James, a 23-year-old aspiring DJ living with autism, attended Boomtown Fair in England for the first time and was welcomed into a group of strangers who invited him to camp with them; after his story went viral, the festival organizers asked him to perform a set in 2027 after seeing his drum and bass experiments on Instagram.

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