Former NBA forward Tony Snell can thank his son for helping him learn something important about himself.
Appearing on NBC's "TODAY" on Friday, Snell revealed that he was able to discover as an adult that he has autism spectrum disorder after his 2-year-old son Karter was diagnosed at 18 months.
"I'm like, 'You know what, if he's diagnosed [with autism], then I think I am [on the autism spectrum] too.' So that gave me the courage to go get checked up," Snell told "TODAY."
As a kid in California, Snell said he was "always independent growing up.