After recently exhibiting at the United Nations among the world’s best known autistic artists in New York, I have a solo exhibition as part of the ‘Art for a Cause’ program at Gallery 15 @ 15W this May 16th-June 5th 2008, titled “Beyond Words”.
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Jason Taylor is a creative spirit full of talent waiting for opportunities. He’s a world traveller, an historian, mathematician, sportman, art lover, performer, into dancing, reading and writing. He’s a fascinating young man and I invite you to enjoy what he has to share. He’s also one of the many people […]
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I recently met Rosa Martinez when she purchased some of my artworks and invited me to join other savant artists with autism in a series of New York exhibitions. She’s dedicated her life to working with people with autism and channeled some of this into her deep love of art. Here’s […]
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April 23rd - May 4th has something cool happening in Northcote’s art district in inner Melbourne. Kick Gallery, renowned for it’s contemporary art, have a solo exhibition called Advanced Vandalism featuring the works of award winning mural artist, Duel. Duel featured in the cult Australian graffiti documentary, Sprayed Conflict and his work […]
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Each month I send out a challenge for those on my mailing list to send me a 1-2 word topic they’d like me to write a poem to and I must write all the poems in the challenge within 48 hours. People CAN’T send names (yes, everyone wants one named after their […]
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TR Kelley is one funky woman on the autism spectrum and one of the interesting people listing on http://www.auties.org . Part of a great sounding group, The Raventones, she has two albums on CD Baby and iTunes and is a passionate, humorous, and radical blogger from a world most don’t think about. […]
Read the rest of Musical richness in the lap of poverty - TR Kelley of the Raventones speaks out.
Geraldine Robertson is a teacher, an autistic teacher, and she teaches autistic children whilst her presence also teaches their non-autistic classmates about the ability in disABILITY.
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Ron Hedgecock, one of Australia’s oldest diagnosed Aspies, is 72. He’s an Aussie actor, a lecturer in Phrenology and Art History and a public speaker about living with Asperger’s Syndrome. Here’s our interview:
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The world of diagnosis is very strange.
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11 Weeks into our new government and Kevin Rudd, the leader of Australia has had the courage to do what 41 previous Prime Ministers did not - to say the most important word in the healing of Australia’s racial division - the word ’sorry’.
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