�鶹��ý

Skip to content

Drawing autism: Art from the spectrum

By Shanta Barley

18 May 2010

�鶹��ý. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine. — The Potala Palace in Tibet
(Image: Jessica Park/Pure Vision Arts)

Gallery: Drawing autism: Art from the spectrum

Artists diagnosed with autism created the paintings, drawings and collages in this gallery. These pictures, and many more, are published in Jill Mullin’s new book . “While some of the artists in the book struggle to communicate verbally, art is a means for them to express emotions and thoughts,” says Mullin.

Gallery: Drawing autism: Art from the spectrum

Sign up to our weekly newsletter

Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox. We'll also keep you up to date with �鶹��ý events and special offers.

Sign up

More from �鶹��ý

Explore the latest news, articles and features

Health

Our dreams become more emotive and symbolic as we approach death

News

Space

How to spot the Lyrid meteor shower tonight

News

Health

People are refusing transfusions from donors vaccinated against covid

News

Twisteddoodles uses Gen Z slang to explain chemistry

Twisteddoodles uses Gen Z slang to explain chemistry

Regulars

1

Neanderthal infants were enormous compared with modern humans

2

Exclusive report: Inside Chernobyl, 40 years after nuclear disaster

3

The biggest threat to Chernobyl is no longer radiation

4

Our dreams become more emotive and symbolic as we approach death

5

How autoimmune conditions can unexpectedly drive mental illness

6

Monkeys walk around a virtual world using only their thoughts

7

My life as a meteorologist in Chernobyl under Russian occupation

8

Beef is making a comeback – does it fit into a healthy diet?

9

Largest ever map of universe captures 47 million galaxies and quasars

10

People are refusing transfusions from donors vaccinated against covid