Nationality Sri Lankan, British | Name Ivan Corea | |
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Education S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
Chalfonts County Secondary School Chalfont
St. Peter's Buckinghamshire
Archbishop Tenison's Grammar School Croyden
Brunel University, Greenwich University Known for Founder Autism Awareness Campaign UK
UK Autism Foundation, Autism Sunday
1981 nominee for the UN Media Peace Prize Board member of Autism Foundation
Autism Awareness UK Role Autism Campaign and Journalist | ||
Ivan Corea established autism-related charities, service organisations such as the Autism Awareness Campaign UK and Autism Sunday. He took a lead role in raising awareness about autism.
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Education
Corea was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka and educated at S Thomas’ Preparatory School Kollupitiya and S. Thomas' College Mt Lavinia. His classmates included Uthum Herat, Suresh Thambipillai and R. D. Gunaratne.
His family emigrated to United Kingdom, and he attended Chalfonts County Secondary School in Chalfont, St. Peter's Buckinghamshire and Archbishop Tenison's Grammar School in Croydon. He went on to attend colleges attached to Brunel University and Greenwich University.
Autism
Corea has received many awards for his work in autism, including the Charity Times Charity Personality of the Year Award, the Windrush Community Service Award, the BBC TV Community Award (runner-up), the Asian Woman Magazine Community Award, the Beacon Fellowship Highly Commended Award and the Daily Mail Unsung Heroes Award Certificate. He has been honoured as an'Autism Light,' honouring heroes who have campaigned for autism by a website in the United States of America
Journalism
Corea's work includes contributions to the Third World Impact books,published in the United Kingdom, the Visible Minority Report, presented to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kuala Lampur. In 1981 he was nominated for the UN Media Peace Prize in London.
Family
Corea and his wife Charika were inspired to initiate their autism awareness campaign by their son Charin, who has autism.
Corea is the son of Vernon Corea, a well-known journalist and broadcaster who worked at Radio Ceylon and BBC. He is the grandson of clergyman Ivan Corea, the nephew of diplomat Ernest Corea, who was his father's younger brother, and the great-grandson of Dr. James Alfred Ernest Corea.