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'Out of school for 1,347 days': 11-year-old autistic Salma sends 1,700 drawings to president

2023-05-12T12:06:10.698Z

Highlights: At 11 years old, Salma, autistic, spends her days at her desk, markers in hand. Through the window of his house in Charnècles, near Grenoble, we can see the garden hut, and in front of it, a pile of white sheets. She has no class, no classmates, no teacher. "Salma, school!" she repeats. "I would love to go. I want to go to a school," she says. "It's my dream school"


For three years, the girl has been waiting for the day when she will be admitted to a medical-educational institute. All complete. To attract the attention of


When we greet her, through the camera, Salma lets out an excited cry and sends us, with an affectionate gesture, a long kiss. Then she started drawing queens, crowns and ladybugs again. To invent characters, to color life, noise-canceling headphones on the ears. At 11 years old, Salma, autistic, spends her days at her desk, markers in hand. Through the window of his house in Charnècles, near Grenoble, we can see the garden hut, and in front of it, a pile of white sheets. She has no class, no classmates, no teacher. "Salma, school!" she repeats. She would love to go.

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Source: leparis

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