The picture below is of the extremely talented Gilles Trehin, a 28 year old autistic guy from France. Since the age of 8 he has been designing an imaginary city called ‘Urville’. His talent is absolutely remarkable, I guess it has something to do with his condition, but it only proves to me what I already felt, that someone with autism is far from being dis-abled, rather they are differently-abled.
He’s gone beyond simply designing it, and written a geographical, cultural, historical and economic description of it. If you are interested in seeing more you can pop over to his website.
Further to that he will be publishing a book soon. I intend to order one when it comes out.
