Breaking autism boundary through art


Jamila and Abdul Fattah giving the final touch to the mural.

ONE autistic teenager is breaking all stereotypes and is determined to create a benchmark for herself.

Seventeen-year-old Wan Jamila Wan Shaiful Bahri, who is known professionally as “Artjamila” and has sold over 90 original paintings to collectors in Malaysia and Switzerland, is the mastermind behind the mural at the Pusat Kecemerlangan Intervensi Awal Genius Kurnia, Sentul.

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