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This is the name of an art exhibit “insight into autism and beyond through the artworks of Donna Williams” in Adelaide (Australia) that runs through the 12th of February. Williams is an artist and author of autobiographical books about her life with autism, textbooks about autism and poetry; you can go here for more information […]
12-year-old Thomas Onions publishes a daily cartoon about “Junior, a mixture of a cat and a fox, and Juliet, a mouse with attitude” on the web. Go here to see his cartoon: Today’s Worcester News notes that Thomas has Aspergers Syndrome and also skeletal dysplasia, which means he grows slowly. He is educated at home […]
Not everyone agrees about the notion of the “autism spectrum, in which “autism” is a term that refers to persons with diagnoses ranging from Asperger Syndrome to what some call “severe” autism.” Perhaps it is not a perfect metaphor, but I think it has its uses in understanding autism—in thinking about how, while Charlie’s speech […]
23-year-old Andrew Chew (no relation to myself) learned to draw using a pencil on paper when he was six. He had stopped talking when he was four years old and started again at the age of 16, the October 18th The Star (Malaysia) reports. He paints with watercolors and also uses recycled materials and toothpicks; […]
My sister gave Charlie this music book of lullabies and an accompanying CD when he was a baby. As soon as he could sit up (after he was six months old), I would settle Charlie on my lap as I played the piano; I often went through a selection of songs, while pointing out the […]
At his Sunday piano lesson, Charlie finished playing “Bingo” with both hands and his piano teacher and I clapped. Charlie played a few more songs—”Clementine” and “Heart and Soul” (in which he has had to play one of the black keys for the first time, F sharp), and the C scale. When there are a […]
“One Out of 150 Children is Diagnosed with Autism” is the name of a display of artwork by autistic artists at the TSETSE Gallery in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The June 25th Pawtucket Times describes the show and discusses the artists. 24-year-old Roon Das’s paintings include one of the Hubbard Glacier in Alaska, one entitled the […]
23 year old Russel Lefurgy, who has autism, plays the space visitor in Lost in a Dream at the Super Hero Diner: Observations By A Fox, an original play created by adults with cognitive and physical disabilities in conjunction with theatre professionals from ArtStream Silver Spring Inclusive Theatre Company. As noted in today’s Washington Post, […]
From an exchange between musician David Byrne and Daniel Levitin, professor of behavioral neuroscience and music at McGill University and author of This Is Your Brain on Music in the April 30th Seed magazine:
………… music is a better tool than language for arousing feelings and emotions.
This ties into what we were discussing a few […]
So says 23-year-old Sean Gray, whose ceramic work has been shown at the Indianapolis Art Center, Starbucks, Conner Prairie, the Broad Ripple Student Art Fair, B-Java coffeehouse, and Artifacts. An article in the May 2nd Nuvo profiles Gray, who was diagnosed with autism at the age of 11. He first spoke at the age of […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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