Re•Storying Autism ‘In’ Difference/
Autistic, Surviving and Thriving Under COVID-19
A Zine and Video Exhibition at Tangled Art + Disability Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
September 9-October 21, 2022
Re•Storying Autism ‘In’ Difference/ Autistic, Surviving and Thriving Under COVID-19 is presented by the Re•Storying Autism Collective/ Project. We are an arts collective and research creation project in Canada (Turtle Island), the UK, and Aotearoa (New Zealand). Through collaborative story making, research and art, we resist the misunderstanding and exclusion of Autistic people and their supporters from education, life and art, and release a multiplicity of affirming stories of Autism, solidarity 'in' difference and collective care. We work collaboratively to co-create worlds that align with disability and racial justice and affirm Autistic ways of being. An emerging focus on the project is decolonizing and Indigenous stories of Autism with Metis, Cree and other Indigenous collaborators from the land currently known as Manitoba, Canada as well as Māori collaborators from Aotearoa.
A black ink hand drawn image of a shadowy figure emerging from a swirl of bare trees and branches. Cover of Em Farquhar-Barrie's zine Where Did Everyone Go?
An image of two hour glasses with blue liquid inside. A hand holds onto one of them. The second hour glass lays on its side. Image from Steacy Easton's film Fidget.
Thank you to all the makers, facilitators, artists and supporters who made this show possible! Click on the image of logos below for more.
Logos of exhibit supporters: Bodies in Translation, Re•Vision Centre for Art and Social Justice, Tangled Art + Disability, Mitacs, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Re•Storying Autism in Education is a multimedia story making project that brings together Autistic people, family and kin, educators, practitioners and artists to rethink education in ways that desire the difference of autism.
The project has its home on Treaty 2 territory, the traditional homeland of the Dakota, Anishanabek, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dene and Metis peoples who shared this land before colonizers arrived. We pay our respects to and acknowledge the continued vital presences of Indigenous nations on these lands and support Indigenous resistance and resurgence.
Click the logo to the left to explore the main Re•Storying Autism site.
