Tyler Doi is no ordinary eight year-old. The Toronto boy has a remarkable passion for wind chimes. He also has autism. And now, he's helped inspire a chime to raise money for autism research.

Tyler been fascinated by wind chimes since he was three years old. He has amassed a sizeable collection with close to 100 chimes of every size.

"I like the sound because it makes me feel happy," he explains.

When Tyler was six, his parents drove out several hours to Shokan, N.Y. to visit the headquarters of one of the largest wind chime makers in the world, Woodstock Chimes.

The company has created more than 400 musically tuned chimes and Tyler has memorized the names and sound of every one.

Tyler's remarkable gift caught the attention of the owner of Woodstock Chimes, Garry Kvistad, an accomplished percussionist and musician.

For a video the company created for YouTube, Kvistad challenged Tyler to a friendly match of "name that chime," to see who could identify the most chimes.

Tyler got every one right, prompting Kvistad to remark: "He knows more about my company than I do."

Inpired by Tyler's ability, the company decided to create a wind chime in his Tyler's honour, called the "Woodstock Chime for Autism."

The custom chime features a multicoloured puzzle-piece symbol on its wind catcher and is tuned to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21. All proceeds from sales of the chime are going to autism research and treatment.

Tyler's father, Sean, says it's nice to know that his son has helped inspire something that could go on to help others.

"Hopefully Tyler, in some small part, will able to be a little piece of the funding that goes towards the research and awareness," he says.

With a report from CTV medical specialist Avis Favaro and producer Elizabeth St. Philip