3-day Art for Autism Festival from January 22

The Art for Autism Festival, the eighth in the series, will be held here from January 22, a congregation of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and parents and professionals.
The three-day festival is a fun event, where children learn from therapists how to express themselves through art, music, dance, drama and Kinesiology and bring out the hidden talent and intelligence and encourage them to perform, Dr Parasuram Ramamoorthi, Chairman, Velvi Trust, Madurai, joint organisers, told reporters here today.
Besides, therapists from India like Jill, Shaloo Sharma and Somech Purey and Dr Rebecca K Lyte and Josie Bhargave from California, are joining together to work with 115 participants, including 30 autistic children, 50 parents and 20 professionals, he said.

Since the festival is being conducted for the first time in Coimbatore, there will be an art exhibition, featuring artists like Orko Roy (Roshan) of Mumbai, Aishwarya Sriram, Chennai and Kirtanraw Subramaniam, Malaysia, on January 25, Akila, of Amaze Charitable Trust, another organiser, said.