A 13-year-old Mandurah girl is shining a light on autism in the Wearable Art Mandurah competition, in an effort to remove the social stigma that surrounds the disorder.
Kiana Lee Murphy has made a jigsaw puzzle dress which represents autism, her mother Michelle said.
“It is a metaphor for the coming together of pieces,” she said.
“She wants people to know every autistic child is different and they’re not all the same.”
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Michelle Murphy said her daughter had Asperger's syndrome, which affected her ability to effectively socialise and communicate.
“She’s such a confident child and she kicks goals,” she said. “She does things in spite of her autism.”
Ms Murphy said Kiana Lee had dealt with a lot of prejudice for being autistic, but had come out of it stronger.
She said the dress, made from second-hand jigsaw pieces, took Kiana over five months to create.
Kiana Lee’s twin sister Tyler Rae will also be modelling in the Wearable Art show, wearing a dress her mother has designed.
The show will run from June 9 to 10, 2018.
For more information visit www.wearableartmandurah.com.
Carla Hildebrandt
Journalist at the Mandurah Mail
Journalist at the Mandurah Mail
