BIRMINGHAM, Mich. - A special group of children and adults is using art as therapy through the nonprofit FAR Therapeutic Arts and Recreation. "FAR is an organization that's been servicing the special needs community since 1951," Pamela Ayers said. We provide creative arts therapy for people with special needs of any age or diagnosis." It has programs based in Macomb Township, Birmingham and the DSO in Detroit, as well as providing creative arts therapy at 30 public schools. "Parents always come in and say, 'Our kids don't even realize they're having therapy,'" Ayers said.

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. A special group of children and adults is using art as therapy through the nonprofit FAR Therapeutic Arts and Recreation. "FAR is an organization that's been servicing the special needs community since 1951," Pamela Ayers said. We provide creative arts therapy for people with special needs of any age or diagnosis." It has programs based in Macomb Township, Birmingham and the DSO in Detroit, as well as providing creative arts therapy at 30 public schools. "Parents always come in and say, 'Our kids don't even realize they're having therapy,'" Ayers said.