Presented by the Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities (DADD) in the USA, Jiya received the award virtually at the award ceremony held at DADD’s annual conference in Clearwater, Florida on January 19
A 12-year-old girl Jiya Rai who has autism, earlier this year created history by swimming the distance from Bandra-Worli Sea Link to Gateway of India, a distance of 36 Km in 8 hrs 40 minutes on February 17.