Abby De La Rosa says she experienced an “Easter miracle” over the weekend with her son Zillion, who is on the autism spectrum.
The radio personality shared a photo on Instagram Stories featuring Nick Cannon and their children Zion, Zillion and Beautiful as they spent the holiday together. Alongside the image, De La Rosa noted that it has been three years since Zillion was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
“3 years on our ASD journey down! We love you Zilly!,” she wrote.
She also shared a video from Easter Sunday showing Zillion grabbing a bat from his twin brother and hitting a piñata.
According to De La Rosa, Zillion stepped in and participated in a way he had not before.
“An Easter miracle, to say the least. After nearly 5 years of piñatas, yesterday was the first time ever that Zillion was fully engaged. My heart couldn’t take it… definitely happy tears. #autismawareness #autismawarenessmonth #asd,” she wrote.
Cannon and De La Rosa first publicly revealed Zillion’s diagnosis in April 2024 in recognition of World Autism Awareness Day. In a joint message, they spoke about their son and the impact he has had on their lives.
“Today our family recognizes World Autism Awareness Day which is beyond meaningful to us because our amazing 2 year old, Zillion, was recently diagnosed with ASD,” they wrote.
“Our beautiful boy experiences life in 4D and teaches us something new everyday! His love, strength and brilliance light up every room he enters! We are blessed that God had placed such an amazing spirit under our guardianship and we have accepted this assignment wholeheartedly!”
A few months later, in August 2024, De La Rosa shared that Zillion had a “verbal breakthrough”.
“No one talks about the challenges of having a child with special needs. Some days are good others are so so hard on my mommy heart but yesterday we had another verbal break through [sic]!” De La Rosa wrote across the video.
“I like to always record Zillion when we play just to see if I catch anything and yesterday for the first time I caught him saying his brothers[sic] name not once but TWICE!!!!,” she continued. “Thank you lord Jesus!!”
Zillion and his twin brother Zion were born in June 2021. De La Rosa and Cannon later welcomed their daughter Beautiful in November 2022.
