"This is everything an art book should be: full of strange, exciting pictures accompanied by sincere artist statements that feature a group of people for whom making art is a psychological necessity. All different mediums, all different styles. It's perfect."
Publisher Akashic Books
Publication Date 2014-03-25
Section Art / Psychology / All Staff Suggestions / Non-Fiction Suggestions / Greg G.
Format Paperback
ISBN 9781617751981
Over the last decade autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become an international topic of conversation, knowing no racial, ethnic, or social barriers. Behavior analyst and educator Jill Mullin has assembled a staggering array of work from established artists like Gregory Blackstock and Jessica Park to the unknown but no less talented. Their creations, coupled with artist interviews, comprise a fascinating and compelling book that serves to educate and inspire anyone who knows someone diagnosed with ASD. Mullin's introduction and the foreword by best-selling author Temple Grandin provide an overview of autism and advocate for nurturing the talents, artistic and otherwise, of autistic individuals.