Kate Winslet to pen book on autism
March 25th, 2011 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
New York, March 25 (ANI): Actress Kate Winslet will author a book of celebrity self-portrait photos to support autism.
Publisher Simon and Schuster said that the actress would author a book of celebrity self-portrait photos by Ben Stiller, Jude Law and Meryl Streep. The book will be released later this year.
Winslet organized the collection of self-portrait photos for the book titled “The Golden Hat” after becoming inspired by an HBO documentary she narrated called “A Mother’s Courage: Talking Back To Autism” that aired last year, reports the New York Daily News.
The film shows Keli Ericsdottir, an Icelandic boy who suffered from severe non-verbal autism, eventually being able to communicate. He now composes poems, including one describing a magical hat that enables an autistic boy to communicate. The documentary derives its name from Ericsdottir’s work.
Winslet asked more than two dozen celebrities to take a self-portrait photo wearing one special hat that was passed along. Other well-known figures in the book include comedian Ricky Gervais, tennis player Maria Sharapova, singer Christina Aguilera and actresses Naomi Watts and Julianne Moore.
Proceeds from the book’s profits will benefit Winslet’s autism charity “The Golden Hat Foundation.”(ANI)
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