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TO RAISE AWARENESS
ABOUT THE DISORDER. 23 ABC'S
CARLOS CORREA IS LIVE IN
STUDIO WITH MORE ON THE HOBBY
THAT HAS POTENTIAL TO
BECOME A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
CARLOS?
THAT'S THE PLAN.... PARENTS OF
THIS YOUNG ARTIST
HOPE TO SECURE HIS FUTURE BY
SHARING HIS DRAWINGS AND
ALL THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANIMALS
HE'S GROWN TO KNOW.
PHILLIP PRESS LOVES TELLING
PEOPLE ABOUT HIS LARGE
COLLECTION OF AFRICAN ANIMAL
DVD'S.
OVER VIDEO/PHILLIP: " ETERNAL
ENEMIES: LIONS AND HYENAS,
RELENTLESS ENEMIES, THE LAST
LIONS" WHILE THE IMAGES IN THE
VIDEO INSPIRE HIS WORK, THE
STORIES BEHIND EACH WILD
ANIMAL GIVES HIM MORE OF AN
APPRECIATION FOR LIFE.
OVER VIDEO/PHILLIP: " BEAUTY AND
THE BEAST: A LEOPARD'S STORY,
STALKING LEOPARD'S, WINGS OF THE
SERENGETI.."
PRESS CAN RELATE TO THE ANIMALS
HE DRAWS AS THEY
GIVE HIM AN OUTLET, BREAKING THE
BORDERS OF
AUTISM AND BRINGING HIM HOPE.
PHILLIP: " MY FAVORITE AFRICAN
BIG CAT IS THE LION BECAUSE THEY
ARE THE ONLY BIG CATS THAT LIVE
IN GROUPS KNOWN AS PRIDES
AND I LIKE THE FEMALES BETTER
THAN THE MALES BECAUSE I LIKE
HOW
THEY DO THE HUNTING IN THE WILD
AND ANOTHER REASON TOO IS THEY
LOOK
AFTER EACH OTHERS' CUBS."
THROUGH HIS WEBSITE
"PHILLIP'S WILD AFRICA," HE'S
SHOWING PEOPLE THAT HAVING
AUTISM ISN'T THE END OF THE
WORLD.
REBECCA: " BECAUSE OF THE
AUTISM, THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND HUMAN EMOTION AND
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE TAUGHT TO
THEM
WHERE AS WE PICK UP BEHAVIORS
FROM PEOPLE, AND HOW THEY ARE
RECEIVING
US, THEY DON'T AND SO THEY HAVE
TO LEARN BODY LANGUAGE."
IT CAN TAKE PRESS ABOUT NINE
DAYS TO FINISH A PROJECT.
SOME OF HIS ART WORK HAS ALREADY
BEEN PURCHASED BY AN
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST, WHICH
FAMILY SAYS IS SENDING A
STRONG MESSAGE. REBECCA: " THAT
YOU NEVER GIVE UP. THERE'S
ALWAYS THAT, IT ALMOST FEELS
LIKE A DEATH IN
A WAY WHEN YOU GET THAT
DIAGNOSIS BECAUSE ALL OF YOUR
HOPES AND DREAMS
OF WHAT YOU THINK LIFE IS GOING
TO BE FOR THAT PERSON OR WHAT
YOU HAVE
ENVISIONED IT MIGHT BE
SHATTERED." BUT PRESS IS PROVING
THEM
WRONG, TAKING THINGS ONE DAY AT
A TIME. OVER VIDEO/PHILLIP: "
CROCODILES HERE BE DRAGONS,
REFLECTIONS OF ELEPHANTS, THE
RHINO WAR AND ZEBRAS MATTERS IN
THE GRASS."
PHILLIP PRESS IS PREPARING TO
ENTER HIS WORK IN THE SAN MATEO
FAIR THIS SUMMER AND OTHER ART
SHOWS AROUND CALIFORNIA NEXT
YEAR. IN THE STUDIO, CARLOS