CASE STUDY: Art and Autism in Children

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Aug 17, 2016, 4:42:38 AM8/17/16

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Through detailed observations of two children participating in the Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project ‘Imagining Autism: Drama, Performance and Intermediality as Interventions for Autistic Spectrum Conditions’ (2011–2014), researchers Melissa Trimingham and Nickie Shaughnessy of University of Kent argue for the centrality of creative ‘material’ and intermediate languages to bridge the lived experience of autism, cultures of neurodiversity and practices of education and care. Thus, the ‘intermediality’ unlocked some of the many and various languages autistic children use, facilitating their self-awareness and agency.

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