Hello, everyone. My name is Cillian O'Connor and I'd like to tell you a little bit about myself.
I have autism and it's something which can often have a negative impact on people's lives.
I don't see it that way though as it's enabling me to learn some pretty impressive skills.
As a matter of fact, I see it as a kind of superpower.
I have an incredible memory which means I'm able to remember a lot of stuff.
For instance, the flags of the world, math, and magic.
The most difficult moments for me were finding the order of the tricks and also seeing what tricks I could do and which I couldn't do.
Because of my dyspraxia, the more difficult tricks I had to master were the color-changing hearts, the color-changing silk, and the appearing bill and envelope.
I got to perform tricks when my uncle Desi showed me this magic trick.
And in 2017 when I saw Issy Simpson performing Britain's Got Talent to make it to second place in the final, she was a huge inspiration to me and I was performing magic when I was around 7 or 8, which means I've been doing it almost half my life now.
