Paul Scholes has been inundated with messages of support after posting a heartwarming video of him teaching his son.

The former Manchester United midfielder revealed last month that he had stepped back from punditry work to help accommodate the needs of his autistic son, Aiden. The 50-year-old explained that he couldn't disrupt a carefully structured routine he shares with his ex-wife Claire, in which they each care for Aiden, 20, three nights per week, with Claire's mum looking after him on the seventh night.

"Everything I'm going to do now just works around him," he said during an appearance on the Stick to Football podcast. "I do studio work, but everything is built around his day. Last season on Thursday nights I'd do the Europa League for Manchester United.

"That's the night I'd usually have him, so he was getting all agitated, biting and scratching. He knows the pattern's not there straight away."

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Scholes initially kept his son's condition private throughout his playing days but confessed earlier this month how overwhelmed he has been by the response to going public. "I was blown away by the reaction, really, and I don't know how it happened, really," he said.

"I was just going there, and I thought it was just to talk about football, and we ended up talking about Aiden for 20 or 30 minutes. When the episode came out, I'd even forgot what I was really talking about, but the reaction to it was incredible."

The former England international Scholes has now received further support after sharing an Instagram clip showing him engaging with Aiden, asking the youngster to identify various animals and colours. The ex-midfielder wrote alongside the footage: "Always learning my clever boy."

Paddy McGuinness commented: "Beautiful to see", whilst another user remarked: "How amazing by opening up about this part of your life brings hope, creates awareness and shows our children can live a full quality life whatever that looks like for them thank you.

"Yes Aidan! ! ! You don't know how much these videos help people. You are amazing Paul," another response said.

Meanwhile, a touching message stated: "Thank you Paul for what you're doing and sharing this journey. Just starting my journey with my non verbal son and you will never understand how much it's helping us all".

Scholes hung up his boots in 2013, and his daughter Alicia penned her own emotional message to her father after his Stick to Football appearance. Posting on Instagram, she said: "God knows how hard that episode must've been! ! ! ! ! We love you so much."

She continued: "I've never known anyone hate talking about themself more than you and can only imagine how hard it was speaking about Aidie and the reality of a very, very hard situation.

"My whole life your priority has always been being my dad and growing up realising how hard you had to work everyday alongside that is something I can't even comprehend.

"To achieve all you did takes so much sacrifice and somehow I still had you to take me to school every morning and there at the end of each day, so present in every aspect of my life!".

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