5-Year-Old Girl With Autism Creates Stunning Paintings
Autism can cripple an individual’s ability to socially interact and express themselves in ways that most of us can understand. However, this poorly-understood neurological disorder can also bestow extraordinary talents. Take, for example, 5-year-old Iris Grace, who creates beautifully expressive paintings in spite of – and perhaps because of – her autism.
Grace paints with an understanding of color that most 5-year-olds don’t have. However, she is only now learning to speak – something most 5-year-olds started to do when they were 2.
Grace’s mother, Arabella Carter Johnson, discovered her daughter’s talent when she introduced her to painting as a way to help her with her speech therapy. “ Then we realised that she is actually really talented and has an incredible concentration span of around 2 hours each time she paints, ” she writes on their website. “ Her autism has created a style of painting which I have never seen in a child of her age, she has an understanding of colours and how they interact with each other. ”
The family sells Grace’s paintings for auction on their website and donates to various organizations that work with autism, so be sure to take a look!
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