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Earlier descriptions of behaviours seen in autism indicates that individuals with autism have limited imagination (e.g. Wing 1979, Jordan, 1996). This is thought to affect the child’s play skills as well other forms of creativity, be it in writing, drawing or music.
We feel this grossly misrepresents the incredible creativity and abilities seen in many individuals with autism. For example in a group of 60 children seen at the ATT clinic, we found that just over 50% of them display some forms of pretend play. Incredible drawing and musical skills are also often seen.
We include below a few examples of some artistic work done by individuals with autism.
Selfish mankind and its openness of greed, intolerance, badness and intense malice of thought. Images make me afraid...
Mental self image of who I need to be on this earthly plane... Not there yet...
I am always the one who is not in a hat. Why?... I am not as others see me....
Everyone is asleep but me. I am not in this room. I am out there flying...
Ascending the powers that believe mental thought is enough to have all rewards
Nakedness of female form make the mental journey into a new awakening of new found integrity. Thoughts awaken internalising the gentility of the female form...
Alluding to the features of mankind in the need to portrait openness to changes inside ones own minds eye...
Open the mind’s eyes to NEVER EVER returning to old ways...
Paintings from Andrew (16 years old boy)
Andrew’s paintings are incredible, brightly painted in harmonious tones , well composed and very interesting to look at. Andrew has commented by assisted communication (as he finds verbal communication difficult) about the meaning of his art. We include a few examples below with the comments he made. You can see a larger view of each of these paintings by clicking onto the pictures.
Lloyd’s Art: More: Visit
Canadian Winner of the Global Book Publishing Award: Beautiful full-colour compilation of masterpieces from artists within the AutismToday™ community.This is a labour of love that Includes works by Mark Rimland, Donna Williams, and other amazing talents!
Donna Williams video, More...
Donna Williams is a person with autism who has written 9 very interesting books on autism. If you have not read any of her books, start with “Nobody Nowhere” in which she recollects her childhood and early adult life, illustrating with great clarity and emotion how she perceives the world, her challenges and her many talents. D.W. is also a painter and music composer/singer (as this video shows). She is married and lives in Australia. D.W. is not related to ATT.
Jul 12 2008 | Author: Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay
Since I was up from four a.m. on Wednesday and looked like a brand new charged battery
by quarter to six, mother took me out for a six a.m. morning walk. She hoped I would
slow down.
And again on Tuesday, since I was wide -awake from four and had the similar
sort of motivation, mother took me out for another six a.m. morning walk.
By Friday
I got used to six a.m.
Today, on a Saturday, six a.m. morning walk is an old habit.
Since we are walking everyday at six a.m., I am beginning to form an opinion about it. Six a.m. is getting built up within me as a process that includes the sound of my footsteps on the streets, casual cats sitting in the middle of the streets, mysterious looking trees that seem to hide their staring eyes somewhere in patches of darkness and of course those street lamps that light up certain parts of the street and foot paths in their conservative manners.
The process called six a.m. includes a certain shade of morning that I would never have experienced within the walls of my home. My nostrils breathe in and out the somber silence and the shade of early morning as the light from the eastern sky tries to push away the reluctant dark patches in their silent battle.
It makes me feel defensive about darkness.
The world looks so much simpler without those busy colours and the dynamics of movements that future time of the day would reveal, making the world a vast field of confusion. Perhaps only those cats can understand. Couldn’t the world be one long street with lamp posts on either side?
Six a.m. shows a perfect world where all one needs to do is walk under one lamp post to another wondering what is in the mind of that cat who just moved under one of those last patches of darkness that is still holding up against the morning.
I leave some of my Titoism there for the cat to discover. – Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay
Beautiful Lining Ups