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

Zu Wenbao, 23, and Wu Jiayu, 18, who have autism spectrum disorder, sing as they perform onstage with the band My World, which is mostly made up of children aged around ten years old, at Beijing Eco Valley Smart Farm, a farm and campsite in Beijing, China September 3, 2022. “The village youngsters all go to work or school, so without music and the band, he wouldn’t have any peers to socialise with,” Zu’s mother, Zhao Guorong, said. “Even though the kids taking music classes are younger than him and half his size, they all take care of him like he’s their brother.” REUTERS/Tingshu Wang