Taxi drivers volunteer by taking autistic kids on outings

Helping hands: (From left) Mahadhevan, Shahrol Effendy and Shahrol Shahriza posing with one of the children during one of their sessions.

PETALING JAYA: Sporting a mohawk and a thin, long pony tail, tough-looking taxi driver Shahrol Effendy Kamaruddin comes across as someone who is very intimidating.

But the children of the IDEAS Autism Centre would walk to and hug Shahrol Effendy and his nine other fellow drivers.