Candy Waters, Artiste Autistique
This website is dedicated to a 13 year old young lady from Park Ridge, Illinois, USA, called Candace "Candy" Waters - you will probably have heard the story.
She was diagnosed at 2 years old with autism and did not articulate any understandable words. When she was 6 years old a teacher asked can she draw and paint.
Her first works of art sold for US$100.
She was made a worldwide celebrity thanks to the famous range of paintings "Mr. Sun" and Sunshine. Half of the proceeds of artwork go to a charity or project encouraging Autism Art, the rest go back into costs associated with producing and promoting of her works.
Her parents run a show called The Candy Store - her artwork even featured as covert art for a charity CD ... more information - look through the pages ... you will be inspired.