Symphony in the Wind - Ankle Socks

Xiao Yi is a young adult with moderate intellectual disabilities at Maria Social Welfare Foundation, where she tends to plants in the vocational training group. Due to a difficult birth, doctors used forceps, causing damage to her cerebral cortex, which led to developmental delays and epilepsy. However, her mother and grandmother never gave up on her. From a young age, they encouraged her to learn pottery and painting, hoping she could express her feelings through art. Xiao Yi began painting at a very young age, but her work was always very rigid. It wasn't until Ms. Shu Zhi, an art volunteer at Maria Foundation, began to understand Xiao Yi's inner world through conversation and guided her to paint from her imagination, that things changed. Her teacher's notebook is filled with records of Xiao Yi's joys and worries, big and small. Xiao Yi's artwork began to show "Xiao Yi's style," and she consecutively received recognition in many competitions. Her emotions also became more stable; the Xiao Yi who used to get angry easily now smiles often! "Everyone needs to be understood." Rather than art therapy healing Xiao Yi, perhaps it was the feeling of being deeply understood that brought her smiles? ■ The world's first pair of antibacterial socks created by individuals with intellectual disabilities. ■ Weaving one pair of socks = recycling 2 plastic bottles. ■ Size: 22~26cm (fits M-L) ■ Awarded the Grand Champion of the 2023 Taichung City Top Ten Souvenir Award.