自閉症とは未だに正しく理解されることが少ない神経の疾患だ。しかしイギリスに住む5歳になるアイリス・グレースちゃんは自閉症が素晴らしい才能をもたらした一例でもある。彼女の飛び抜けた集中力や細部へのこだわりは、彼女のファンや購入者の多くにかのモネの作品を彷彿とさせるという。他の子どもは2歳までにはいくつかの単語を話すのに比べて、アイリスは今になって少しずつ話すことを覚えてきた。そのためスピーチセラピーと合わせて絵画に引きあわせたところ、両親が徐々に彼女の才能に気づいたそうだ

「スピーチセラピーと合わせて、集中力の向上や順番を守ることを学ばせるために絵を描くことを推奨していたんです。」と母親のアラベラ・カーター・ジョンソンはウェブサイトで説明する。「すると彼女が実は絵の才能に溢れていて、絵を描く時は2時間も集中することが分かったんです。彼女の自閉症は同年代の子どもにはない絵のスタイルを誕生させ、色彩に関する深い理解をもたらしました」


Autism is a poorly-understood neurological disorder that can impair an individual’s ability to engage in various social interactions. But little 5-year-old Iris Grace in the UK is an excellent example of the unexpected gifts that autism can also grant – her exceptional focus and attention to detail have helped her create incredibly beautiful paintings that many of her fans (and buyers) have likened to Monet’s works. Little Iris is slowly learning to speak, whereas most children have already begun to speak at least a few words by age 2. Along with speech therapy, her parents gradually introduced her to painting, which is when they discovered her amazing talent. “We have been encouraging Iris to paint to help with speech therapy, joint attention and turn taking,” her mother, Arabella Carter-Johnson, explains on her website. “Then we realised that she is actually really talented and has an incredible concentration span of around 2 hours each time she paints. 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.”

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