Painting Series by Jean-Sebastien Choo, Self-taught Autistic Artist #21—Heart of Forgiveness
by Choo Kah Ying The soft baby pink hue that permeates through the center of this painting by Sebastien, my autistic son, is what has inspired its title: “Heart of Forgiveness”. Just a few days ago, in my serialisation of my book about him, Where Does My Autistic Son Belong?, I had burst into tears. I had finally arrived at Chapter 16—where we packed up Sebastien’s entire existence in suitcases and bag packs and taken that leap of faith to move him to Bali. At the time, I had
Week 16 of Serialization of Where Does My Autistic Son Belong? Chapter 16 Sebastien's Decision
In 2019, I published Where Does My Autistic Son Belong?. It chronicles my struggle with raising my adolescent autistic son, Sebastien, and my subsequent decision of setting a home for him in Bali. As part and parcel of A Mother’s Wish initiative (amotherswish.com.sg) to raise awareness about the need to treat autistic individuals with genuine respect and empathy, I am serializing the book on Medium (please see the links below for all the serialized chapters to date, includin
