Comic writer tackles daughter's autism with humour

Award-winning Spanish illustrator Miguel Gallardo has overcome the limitations imposed by his daughter's autism by doing what he does best - drawing.

Gallardo's sketches over 12 years led to a beautifully etched and very funny comic book, Maria and I (Maria y Yo), explaining everyday life with his daughter and its challenges

That book has now become a documentary film of the same name, which opens in Spain this week.

"You could say I had a debt to pay (to my past) or something like that. The drawings came from a diary I started when Maria was born ... but really it took me 13 years to find the right voice to tell a difficult story," he said.

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