The Times of India

Marc Cucurella never ties his hair so his autistic son can recognise him on the pitch: 3 lessons in fatherhood

What may appear to be the classic football hairstyle actually means much more than that.The Spanish football player Marc Cucurella, who is famous for his curly hair, has a very special reason not to tie up his hair before football games, his elder son, Mateo, suffers from autism, and such a gesture allows him to recognize his father at the game easily. It is quite difficult for children suffering from autism to track people in an overloaded visual space where there is always too much going on.