Celestial Dreams

Roach is an award-winning autistic artist, author of Finding Joseph’s Many Colors, and advocate from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His work explores themes of hope, resilience, faith and the unique gifts that can emerge through disability. Joseph has received national recognition, including first place at the Marblehead Arts Association, selection as a VSA Emerging Young Artist through the Kennedy Center, and multiple Art of the State awards. Through his art, book, and public speaking, he encourages others to see disability not as a limitation, but as a different way of experiencing the world — one that can reveal extraordinary creativity, purpose and potential. Through each piece, Joseph hopes to remind people that every individual has unique gifts waiting to be discovered, and that “different” is never “broken