“My art is my story; I approach each piece as a visual and somatic expression of my experience.” Expressionist artist, Sarah, is the creator of…
A recent study of 4,500 Swedish twins found that autistic girls from ages 9-18 were three times as likely to experience sexual assault when compared…
When Ellen Chloë Bateman set out to work with Evan Mead, it was for the Autism and Dating Project. However, their story had to take…
The Netflix series It’s Okay to Not Be Okay is a Korean drama written by Jo Yong and directed by Park Shin-woo. This series centres…
Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are often infantilized and misrepresented, including the common misconception that they are heterosexual and cisgender. Yet, with the recent…
Billy Byrne from London, United Kingdoms, is an up-and-coming artist with a uniquely surreal approach. He has displayed his work in various galleries including The…
After twenty-eight years of being “dragged through the system,” Emily Swiatek was finally diagnosed with Asperger’s, a branch of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). For Emily,…
In 2013, filmmaker Mark Jonathan Harris and film scholar Marsha Kinder, along with dozens of collaborators, unveiled the Interacting with Autism website. The website is…
Released in July 2016, interactive video game Pokémon GO was a huge hit with adults, even though the brand was largely associated with children. Countless…
In April 2015, Justin Sangiuliano, a seventeen-year-old diagnosed with Autism, was physically restrained at his group home in Oshawa, Canada. To control an aggressive outburst,…