The Wider Image: “Music is their language”: school gives autistic

Zu Wenbao, 23, and his mother Zhao Guorong, 59, wait for a bus on the way to the music studio of 38-year-old music teacher Chen Shensi, for a practice session with members of Zu’s band Star Kids, who like him are all adults with autism spectrum disorder, in Beijing, China August 21, 2022. “Without music, without these lessons, he wouldn’t have anything,” said Zhao Guorong, who travels with her son every Sunday for two hours on three different buses to Beijing so that he can attend class. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang