Joyal K Biju, 16, has won hearts with his determination to overcome disability with talent. He is the youngest mouth painting artist in the country, according to the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists, of which he become a member in 2020.He said that "He want to be known as a world class painter".Belonging to Meenangadi in Wayanad, Joyal suffers from Muscular dystrophy. Joyal had problems by birth and he had a waddling gait at the age of six. The rare condition was confirmed that the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital and he has had to use a wheelchair since. In 2019 an exhibition of his paintings was held at magician Gopinath Muthukad's Different Art Centre, which was inaugurated by sculptor kanayi Kunhiraman. Joyal had presented one of his paintings to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi too.He was also presented the Ujwala Balya Award instituted by the state government in 2019.The next year he won an online competition organised by the Voice of Specially-abled People last year. Gopinath Muthukad called him as "vincent van gogh of Kerala".
Mobility in Dystrophy (MIND) Trust was formed in 2017, by us patients suffering from Muscular Dystrophy (MD) & Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). In 2016, we started off as a small Whatsapp group of patients reaching out to each other.
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