A Caerphilly art student has been chosen among the finalists of a national art competition.
Eighteen year-old Sam Fitzgerald, who attends St Cenydd School, has been shortlisted in the Digital Art category of Beechwood College’s Create! Art for Autism competition.
Beechwood College, in Sully, is one of the UK’s leading specialist residential colleges for students with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
The competition was open to people aged between 11and 25 and who have been formally diagnosed with an ASD.
More than 350 entries have been received from 52 different schools from all over the UK, and as far away as India and Croatia.
The competition winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at Beechwood College on July 24.