Autistic artist who had an extraordinary ability at a very young age to draw realistic depictions of animals and horsemenNadia Chomyn, who has died aged 48 after a short illness, was autistic with severe learning difficulties. At a very young age, and breaking all the accepted rules of the development of graphic representation in children, Nadia had an extraordinary ability to draw in perspective realistic depictions of animals and horsemen. Her remarkable drawings, produced mainly when she was between the ages of three and nine, amazed an international audience when they were published in 1977. The US broadcaster Walter Cronkite …read more
Source: The Guardian
