By Caleb Taylor For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 12:59 BST, 27 May 2019 | Updated: 13:07 BST, 27 May 2019
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The Project host Waleed Aly, 40, normally keeps private about his personal life.
But on Monday, the father-of-two couldn't keep silent after a segment about comedian Tom Gleisner and his organisation, Learning For Life Autism Centre.
An emotional Waleed spoke about his own son Zayd, 11, and his struggles with the condition along with his relief at the diagnosis.
'Breakthroughs change your world': The Project host Waleed Aly, 40, (pictured) got emotional as he spoke about how his son Zayd's autism diagnosis on the show on Monday
'I didn't worry, it didn't hit me in the face — it actually explained a lot of things and it opened up doors,' Waleed said of the diagnosis, responding to a father in the segment.
He explained that once he was aware of the condition, he and wife Susan had to then adjust their communication style for their son.
'Then what happens is you've got to try and re-orientate everything, so that you're communicating with the kid in a way that actually works with the way their brain works,' he said.
Changes: 'You're communicating with the kid in a way that actually works with the way their brain works,' Waleed (L) said of the condition
The Project host said he didn't know what his son's 'ceiling' was, which left him with a lot of questions.
'So all
