International Celebrity Fashion Designer Elie Balleh and Kyrollos Magharious, assistant principal of the Aveyron Academy, mark World Autism Awareness Day.
The two are teaming up to provide autistic students with opportunities to walk the runway.
Some of the models joined “In Focus” to show off their looks.
Balleh explains why the partnership’s so important to him and why he wants to raise awareness of autism.
The Aveyron Academy serves the city’s special needs kids and teaches students with disabilities how to live independently.
The program provides training in basic life skills for young people challenged by autism and cognitive delays.
Magharious explained why representation is so important and why children with autism seeing models that look like themselves make all the difference.
Balleh said he hopes to inspire other companies to hire individuals on the autism spectrum.