DRAWING AUTISM book proposal

by Jill Mullin

proposed specsPaperback

8 x 11 inches (20.32 x 27.94 cm)over 100 color photographs

160 pages

about drawing autism

Over the last decade autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become an international topic of conversation. Knowing no racial, ethnic, or social barriers, today, according to a March 2012 report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, ASD is diagnosed in 1 in every 88 children (a 23% increase since the CDC’s last report in 2009).

Using artwork created by individuals diagnosed with ASD, Drawing Autism celebrates their artistry and self-expression while also serving as an accessible point of entry into understanding how ASD manifests in individuals. Autism is knows as a “spectrum disorder” because no two diagnoses are exactly the same; however, there are characteristic traits of ASD. The drawings, paintings, and collages of over fifty international con-tributors exhibit unique perspectives on how these individuals see the world and their places in it. The book’s seven chapters—Interaction, Individual and Societal; Repetition, Repetition, Repetition; Getting From Here to There;

Bird’s Eye View; Another World; It’s All History; Art for Art’s Sake—speak directly to the core characteristics of ASD.

Author Jill Mullin, a behavior analyst and educator, has assembled a staggering array of work from established artists like Gregory Blackstock, Jessica Park, and Ping Lian Yeak to the unknown but no less talented. Their creations, coupled with artist interviews, comprise a fascinating and compelling book that serves to educate and inspire anyone who knows someone diagnosed with ASD. Mullin’s introduction and the foreword by best-selling author Temple Grandin provide an overview of autism and advocate for nurturing the talents, artistic and otherwise, of autistic individuals.

author bio

Jill Mullin, MA, MSEd, BCBA, is a behavior analyst and educator who teaches and applies a behavioral approach, called Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), when working with individuals diagnosed with ASD. The first edition of Drawing Autism is out of print but garnered international acclaim in numerous media outlets, including Fox News, The New Scientist, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, 50 Watts, Brain Pickings, The Atlantic, and Raw Vision, as well as in several international clinical journals.

market assessment

Autism spectrum disorder diagnosed in every 1 of 88 children: With the exact cause of autism still a debatable subject, it is a truly international phenom-enon, knowing no racial, ethnic, or social barriers; there is no shortage of media interest in ASD.

Behavior analysis is a scientifically proven successful treatment: While Drawing Autism is not a clinical book about treatment, the author’s extensive experi-ence using behavior analysis working in early intervention treatment helps expand the dialogue around the book.

An introduction to ASD and astounding collection of outsider art: All of the work featured in the book speaks directly to ASD, but a great deal of it stands alone as remarkable for its distinctive creativity; several of the contributing artists sell their work internationally.

similar titles

When the first edition of Drawing Autism was released in 2009 it was the first book of its kind; since its release a handful of self-published books have entered the market, but Drawing Autism remains the only high-quality illustrated book of its kind to have been published to date.

• The Art of Autism: Sifting Perceptions by Debra Hosseini and Keri Bower (The Art of Autism, 2012)• Art as an Early Intervention Tool for Children with Autism by Nicole Martin (Jessica Kingsley Pub, 2009) • Blackstock’s Collections: The Drawings of an Artistic Savant by Gregory L. Blackstock (Princeton Architectural Press, 2006)

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