Published on 12, July, 2020
My name Is Michelle and I am a student at the University of Gloucestershire, studying Illustration. My project I am doing is focusing on six different disorders/ illness's (such as autism, depression, anxiety ADHD, Bipolar and tourettes) I am focusing on autism at the moment and would greatly appreciate any help any of you can give me. I personally was born with Aspergus syndrome, so I am sympathetic to people out there like me.
Its quite hard finding people with autism to help me with this project but I was hoping some of you could. What I need is for maybe two or three of you to individually tell me what autism would be like as a creature and I'll draw it. What you picture it as. Then I will bring it back to here and show you if possible and ask if that's what you meant. I will keep doing it until you are happy with it. I can even put fake names on the research project if you are uncomfortable with having your real name or screen name shown.
Someone please help me ^_^ thanks so much. Michelle
artist just popping in said:Thanks ClaireHig. So what if i made the character entirely a cat? like a cat sitting on a towel on a beach at sunset, when all the humans are packing their bags to go home? Because you said you feel like their aliens, maybe if they were a seperate species, they would be alien to a cat? i you relate to a cat I could do that? what do you think?Hello Vometia, thanks so much for joining our talk. How would you see autism if you have to visulize it as a creature or a scene?
Thanks ClaireHig. So what if i made the character entirely a cat? like a cat sitting on a towel on a beach at sunset, when all the humans are packing their bags to go home? Because you said you feel like their aliens, maybe if they were a seperate species, they would be alien to a cat? i you relate to a cat I could do that? what do you think?
Hello Vometia, thanks so much for joining our talk. How would you see autism if you have to visulize it as a creature or a scene?
I don't really feel like a cat, I prefer the company of a cat to people. I guess I live in my own little bubble wherever I go. To people of now I seem abnormal, but maybe I'm just living in the wrong era & that's why they seem alien to me. The way someone from now would seem alien to those from 200 years ago. Personally I don't want to be part of the modern world. I know some people do, but I don't want that. I'm from Wokingham in Berkshire.