The holidays can trigger stress and depression. It's important to know the signals of depression for people with autism. Use Face Value Comics to help cope with and understand depression.
Category: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism Labels As a Tool for Understanding
Face Value Comics helps people with an autism label to better understand how emotions are expressed in the face to be more emotionally aware and increase understanding.
What’s the Difference Between Labeling Autism and Raising Autism Awareness?
Face Value Comics strives to get beyond labeling autism. Raising autism awareness and helping neurotypical people and people with ASD understand one another better is our mission.
Wanted: New Toaster & Acceptance
I have a toaster, and use my toaster almost daily. Having a toaster doesn't automatically grant me authority or privilege to speak on behalf of other toaster-owners. Honestly, I don’t even know how toasters work. Yes, I understand basic electrical concepts, like how conductors generate substantial heat needed to toast bread. *chomp* Yum. There ends …
Sadder Day Mornings
On Saturday mornings, remember when… …Superhero theme songs made our heads pop up and pay attention to radio or tv? …Commercials were as fun as the show, and we wished Santa Claus took notes beside us? …Playing during the show, we made our action figures watch themselves on screen? What happened to good Saturday Morning …
Unmasked, Part One
Comic books invoke daydreams. Regardless of how bad villains become, fans expect their hero to win. Most major protagonists, or heroes, have a weakness. Smart opponents exploit character flaws for their own gain. In Face Value #1, we have many stories to tell about overcoming human frailties. Hopefully, our heroes win. The story begins with …
PhD, COMICS
Face Value Comics places great emphasis on education. Comic books traditionally lack educational merit, but appeal to a wide audience. President of the Canadian Council on Learning, Dr. Paul Cappon, said, “educators and parents embraced comics as a positive teaching and learning tool (Paton, 2010).” Before Issue #1 has printed, several educators asked about our …
SATURDAY MORNINGS
Dear Chris Latta, Thank you for making cartoons fun during the 80s. I woke-up early on Saturday Mornings to have breakfast with Cobra Commander, Starscream, and Cravex. Imagine my surprise to learn how each of these iconic characters shared the same voice actor: Chris Latta (you). Spider-man and His Amazing Friends fought the Sandman you. …
Autism and FACS in Comic Books
By definition, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) indicates social development difficulties. Face Value offers to teach readers a better emotional understanding through facial feature recognition. We apply the Facial Action Coding System as our first step to improve social communication...using comic books. Dr. Paul Ekman uses the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) to help explain how …
Advocacy on Day #1 (LINK)
Advocacy on Day #1 (LINK) This link helps explain our mission at Face Value Comics. Dave Kot answers a professional critique about the social misperceptions inherent with fictional stories, and autism spectrum disorder diagnoses. Our goal has been to listen to the pain of misunderstanding, because we share it, too. However, we offer a new …
Autism at Face Value 