https://www.scmp.com/rss/521331/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Charmaine Yu Charmaine Yu In the fifth of a series on challenges facing Hong Kong’s growing autistic population, Charmaine Yu meets autistic twin violinists and their mother to learn how they found their voice through music. While twin brothers Hugo and Jayden Pang often struggle to navigate a world of words, the violin provides a language in which they are always understood. Turning 26 this month, the brothers have traded early struggles in communication for international stages, proving that in Hong Kong’s... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3349210/how-autistic-hong-kong-violinist-twins-found-joy-and-confidence-music?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3349210/how-autistic-hong-kong-violinist-twins-found-joy-and-confidence-music?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:00:09 +0000 Tara Loader Wilkinson Tara Loader Wilkinson In the third of a series on challenges facing Hong Kong’s growing autistic population, Tara Loader Wilkinson speaks with a mother of an autistic son who found a simple way to help boost acceptance of neurodivergent people, and a filmmaker who is giving them a voice. Sometimes the small things make the biggest difference. So it was with 12-year-old Alexander Talos Schaus, who was born in Hong Kong and diagnosed with autism at the age of three. He is largely non-speaking; he communicates with... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3348508/how-hong-kong-mother-autistic-son-helping-others-him?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3348508/how-hong-kong-mother-autistic-son-helping-others-him?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:15:07 +0000 Reuters Reuters A powerful scene ⁠in the action epic Gladiator II (2024) has a problem: a camera crew is visible behind Paul Mescal as his character prepares for a high-stakes battle. Jack Zimmerman, a visual effects artist, erases the intrusion. Zimmerman works at Exceptional Minds, an American non-profit vocational academy and visual effects studio for adults with autism. The organisation provides training to help autistic artists launch careers in the competitive world of Hollywood. “It feels like a dream,”... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3347843/how-california-studio-helping-autistic-artists-break-hollywood?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3347843/how-california-studio-helping-autistic-artists-break-hollywood?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:15:10 +0000 Chloe Loung Chloe Loung For Clark Cheung, a terminal cancer diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of a new chapter. “It’s brutal, terrifying for sure, but life doesn’t stop,” he says. The Hong Kong fitness trainer and actor is one of a group of locals in their thirties – including a musician and an insurance agent – living with a cancer diagnosis who want to share a message of hope. “We’re not just surviving; we’re learning how to live again, differently, more deeply than ever before,” says Cheung, who has... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3331881/hong-kong-cancer-survivors-share-message-hope-citys-second-consciousness-festival?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3331881/hong-kong-cancer-survivors-share-message-hope-citys-second-consciousness-festival?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:15:07 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa At just 23 years old, Ewan McGregor’s daughter Esther is already an actress, a model, a tattoo artist and a fashion designer. McGregor takes on her first co-starring role in Prime Video’s latest series, We Were Liars. The show premiered on June 18 and is already creating buzz for a second season. Based on a novel of the same name by E. Lockhart, We Were Liars centres around a woman who hails from a wealthy family, Cadence Sinclair (played by Emily Alyn Lind), who is suffering from memory loss... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3316952/who-esther-mcgregor-aka-mirren-we-were-liars-daughter-star-wars-actor-ewan-mcgregor-young-powerhouse?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3316952/who-esther-mcgregor-aka-mirren-we-were-liars-daughter-star-wars-actor-ewan-mcgregor-young-powerhouse?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Jul 2025 10:00:16 +0000