The Story
The ‘EYETISTIC ART’ was inspired by an Autistic girl child who walked into her father’s study in the dead of the night as he stared at crypto charts. He wanted her to go back to bed, but she wouldn’t. With tears rolling down her eyes, she asked
“Daddy, are we all going to die?”
At the time millions of lives were being lost to the Covid-19 pandemic globally. They said autistic kids don’t emote. I say they do. And it’s all in their eyes.
After years of linking the condition to schizophrenia and other mental disorders, autism was brought to light when Donald Triplett was diagnosed with the condition in 1943 by Austrian child Psychiatrist, Leo Kanner. This was a breakthrough moment in medical history. One that ended the admission of kids with social flaws into institutions meant for the mentally disturbed.
But what was supposed to be a game changer in how we view people living with autism still hasn’t made as much impact as needed. Most people still don’t understand autism and its variations in the spectrum. Being the father to a beautiful autistic daughter gifted me the necessary education I need. And I want this for millions of other people who may not know much. Hence the EYETISTIC ART project.