The Art of Autism kicks off our 8th Annual Arts & Poems for Peace Project. We will be posting on Facebook peace submissions throughout the month of October. By Dawn Baker The Oxford English Dictionary writes that peace is ‘freedom from disturbance’. The Hebrew root for peace (shalom) is a bles…

The Art of Autism’s Art and Poems for Peace 2022 Post #4 By Robbie P. I am very excited at the opportunity to participate in this year’s The Art of Autism’s 7th Annual Peace Project. World peace has always been a very important tenant throughout my life. After graduating university with…

Header image: Rainbow Mosho, Age 13 “Let’s Bring Peace” PEACE By Aadi Narayan, Age 14 The world is so large But the mind is not that big My world is smaller than I see My eyes are searching for the views to calm me Saw only green leaves without colourful fruit Saw birds are flyin…

Happy World Autism Day! Throughout April (Autism Acceptance Month) The Art of Autism nonprofit will be sharing some of our favorite quotes on our Instagram and Facebook social media platforms. Please like our pages and join in the conversation. We encourage you to follow us and add your own favori…

The Art of Autism thanks Bob DeMarco and Keri Bowers for creating a short film documenting the history of The Art of Autism that was shared for the first time in April on the big screen at San Diego Autism Society Autism’s Got Talent event at Del Mar.  The film highlighted some of our many pro…

By Ron Sandison On August 21st my second book Thought, Choice, Action was published. I spent over 1,200 hours researching and writing this book. I now have two traditionally published books and speak at over 70 events a year on autism including 20 plus educational conferences. In the process of wri…

Cash prizes are provided by the Joe Mantegna Family The Art of Autism is seeking art with the themes of Inclusion, Disability, Education, and Acceptance for display at the 43rd Annual Disability Rights Legal Center FDR Dinner September 15, 2018. Submissions are to be sent to info@artautism.com by Au…

PODS – People of Diversity, Speaking is a project similar to HONY – Humans of New York. PODS promotes the art of storytelling and it will be an ongoing database of Recognized Diversity Acceptance. by Kimberly Gerry-Tucker BOD and PODS; Intro by Kimberly Gerry Tucker, (new Board of Direc…

The Art of Autism had over 230 entries forthe Art AUCross America initiative! We decided to give four art sets away instead of one. Toys AUCross America is giving away 2 of the art sets and our board member Carly Fulgham has donated 2 art sets. It was a very difficult choice but here are the winners…

By Debra Muzikar, Co-Founder The Art of Autism The Art of Autism just received our first check from Facebook for $1,235.53! So many people have created birthday fundraisers for our nonprofit! The Art of Autism would like to thank Keri Bowers, David Weber, Dawn Curtis, Aisha Marie Michael, Hayl Storm…

The Art of Autism is teaming up with Toys AUcross America for a series of giveaways intended to bring art to the autism community to unleash the beauty that is autism. Toys AUCross America would like this art set to go to an autistic child 18 or under. “These sets are for beginners, so budding…

“Often a person with a disability is not even seen as a person except as a recipient, a beneficiary, a consumer, a client, a caseload number, or someone who simply and constantly needs help … not a person who needs and wants a life like anyone else – love, happiness, and joy…” Marty Omoto By D…

Keri Bowers discusses suggestions for increasing employment for disability-related work force By Keri Bowers Yesterday, 10 miles from Hollywood, nestled in the San Fernando Valley suburb of Sherman Oaks, California, an old idea in disabilities and the workforce was polished and refined by a group of…

By Andy Dreisewerd For all intents and purposes, or should I say “Purr-poses?” My name is Andy, I am 32 years of age, I have been doing artwork since I could pick up a pen or pencil. About 3 years ago, I had an experience that lead me to further polish my love for drawing what most consi…