Poems & Art for Peace 2018 – 3rd installment
Thank you, thank you to all the creative, magical and diverse individuals who shared words and peace-filled images with us to honor World/International Peace…
Elaine Hall talks about Atypical Season II coaching autistic actors
An Art of Autism interview with Elaine Hall, acting coach for the Netflix series Atypical How did you become involved with the series Atypical?…
Spotlight on self-taught pencil artist Chris Baker
By Helen Wallace-Iles I was recently introduced to the amazing work of a young autistic man called Chris Baker – a self-taught pencil artist…
Dance parties on the spectrum
“you get line dancing, you get the dance trains going on, you get party circles happening, dance-offs, air guitar …” By Austin John Jones…
My life as a writer
By Pamela Urfer As I posted on this blog a few weeks ago, (“I never thought of myself as weird”), I spent my childhood…
Artist discovers aspects of himself and his autism through symbolic self-portraits
“A self portrait is an artist being honest with himself, taking the time to go into the spotlight to try to find something they…
50 Positive traits of many with Aspergers
By Mark Hutton Most kids, teens, and adults with Aspergers have a bunch of positive traits that more than make-up for any negative ones….
Neurodiversity: a person, a perspective, a movement?
By Debra Muzikar Last year The Art of Autism posted a blog on Person First Language (PFL) which proved to be educational for me…