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Ping Lian Yeak
The Children's Center for Early Learning & Henry Gregg Gallery present:
Autistic Savant Artworks: Don't 'dis' the ability
A New York 2006 Art Exhibition Tour featuring the works of four internationally renowned artists.
What is savant syndrome? Savant Syndrome is a rare, but spectacular, condition in which persons with various developmental disorders, including autistic disorder, have astonishing islands of ability, brilliance or talent that stand in stark, markedly incongruous contrast to overall limitations. www.savantsyndrome.com
Artist Reception: Saturday, January 14, 2005, 6-9PM
sponsored in part by the Children's Charitable Foundation
text by Dr. Darold Treffert, MD
Ping Lian Yeak: A Remarkable Artist
Ping Lian's artwork stands on its own demonstrating a remarkable artistic ability in a 12 year old boy. Ping Lian is from Malaysia.
His drawings are colorful, cheerful and impressive. Those drawings take on an added significance, however, when one sees that such ability co-exists with a dis-ability as described by his mother and teachers. Such artistic prowess as Ping Lian demonstrates, in addition to providing us with beautiful art, serves as a source of satisfaction,
development and growth for him, helping eventually to minimize whatever limitations might spring from his disabilities.
  
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