According to the British media "Daily Telegraph", former Manchester United legendary midfielder Scholes announced that he will quit his on-field commentary job in order to take care of his son Eden, who has severe autism.
According to reports, Aiden was diagnosed with "non-verbal autism" when he was young and required round-the-clock care from his parents. In 2020, Scholes divorced Claire, his wife of 27 years, but the two still shared the responsibility of taking care of Aiden. They also established a fixed process for the week's care arrangements to help Aiden identify the day of the week.
Scholes once told Neville, Keane and others on the show: "I made this decision this year obviously because of Eden. You may also know that he has special needs. He cannot communicate verbally. Although he cannot speak, I think he can understand things. Xi has more noises than we think. He makes some noises, but only people close to him can understand what he wants to express.
"He does have autism, and it is a very severe type. After all, some autistic people can go to school and live normally." "
Scholes added: "Now all my arrangements must be centered around his daily process, because his daily life rhythm must be highly fixed, so I decided that everything going forward must be centered on Aiden. "
" Claire and I are no longer together, so we each take turns looking after him for three nights, with Claire's mother looking after him on Friday nights. We will use fixed activities to help him build his cognition. He cannot tell the day of the week and has no concept of time, but he can tell which day it is by what he is doing. "
"Every Tuesday I will pick him up from the care center and go swimming together. He really likes swimming and we'll get a pizza on the way home. When we pick him up on Thursday, we will go get something to eat before going home. On Sunday I would pick him up from Claire's house and we would go to Tesco and he would buy a shopping cart full of chocolates. So although he doesn't know the date and time, he can tell what day of the week it is through these fixed activities. He will turn 21 in December this year. "
The Telegraph also stated that Scholes still plans to continue as a commentator for TNT Sports so that he does not need to travel to the game frequently.
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