I Want To Be ARTIST: An Autistic Savant's Voice and A Mother's Dream Transformed onto CanvasPing Lian Yeak was born in Malaysia in 1993 and is now living in Australia. At the age of three, came the seemingly defeating diagnosis of autism. As a toddler Ping Lian was nonverbal, hyperactive with attention deficit disorder, living in "his own world", not showing any affection or awareness of danger and unable to hold a pencil to write or use a scissor to cut. I Want To Be Artist: An Autistic Savant's Voice and A Mother's Dream Transformed onto