Autism, in short, is a developmental disorder that appears in the first 3 years of life, and affects the brain’s normal development of social and communication skills. If anyone has ever met anyone with autism, you’ll know it is extremely difficult for them to communicate. They don’t speak out their thoughts and feelings like we do, which is our main outlet of frustrations or any other thing we need to release.
Susan’s blog “Crazy Art” and my psychology class were what led me to post this blog. Many autistic children uses art as their way of expression. A 12 year old boy named Wil makes paper collages as his way of letting out his emotions. All artist use their form of art to express something, whether it is an opinion or an emotion. Art is important for us all, but for these autistic children, that is their only voice. Some psychologists hope that they will be able to get a deeper sense of autism through these children’s work and help more with their condition.
Here are two articles about the autistic children: Click and Click
I find it quite comforting that we DON’T know everything there is to know about the brain and the human condition. Very interesting stories.