Thirty minutes into his first day at art school, eight-year-old Delwin Cheah was asked to be sent back home because the teacher “couldn’t handle him”.
They told his parents that not only was Delwin the “worst artist” under their brief tutelage but had “no potential” for a career in art as a young boy diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome.
Fast forward 11 years later, and Delwin now has under his belt a slew of