rhona mcleod, bbc news. rhona mcleod, bbc news.utistic son after taking up karate is "miraculous". 16—year—old ishar sandhu only started the martial art a year ago but he's already won medals at the world and european championships. he competes in adapted karate kata for people with physical and learning disabilities. juliette parkin has more. what you see here is a confident, focused and athletic teenager. but only 12 months ago ishar sandhu was a very different person. indecisive, not confident at all. not wanting to make eye contact, not wanting to talk to strangers or any people that he had ever met before. he is now a different individual. ishar's father appealed a year ago for his son who has autism and special educational needs. unable to distract him from computer games karate was suggested and the change, it is claimed, has been remarkable. he has confidence and he is more than happy to come forward and shake your hand and make eye co nta ct forward and shake your hand and make eye contact and say, hey, i am great, how are