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Category: Comic Book
Dear Rosie…An Open Letter about Autism (Probably Part 1 of Many)
AN OPEN LETTER TO ROSIE O’DONNELL, PART ONE Over the Thanksgiving break, I read about Rosie O’Donnell. Via Twitter, O’Donnell acknowledges how her young daughter has an autism diagnosis. We applaud her bravery to seek a definitive diagnosis to explain whatever challenges Dakota may have. Furthermore, we welcome O’Donnell as a staunch advocate for positive …
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Get off Your A$k, Government: Autism Education Reform
A person with autism identifies a way to bypass political budget stalemates while self-funding special needs education. How? Read more...
Re-introductions
Before asking "where are you going," ask me where I've been, recently.
Comic Books with a Sensory Experience? Opening Comic Books to the Autism and Blind Communities
Vote for Us! Our Wells Fargo contest entry includes scientific ideas about readers with autism for a NEW sensory experience, and opens comic books for readers who are blind. How? Please read more and vote for us!
A MARVELous Dirty Secret
We congratulate Marvel Comics for a brilliant, polarizing marketing strategy! If we don’t like a new gay Iceman, we’re painted as homophobic or heterosexist. I contend this change has nothing to do with diversity and everything to do about money. Here's how and why...
The Hiding Girl, Unmasked
This summer, we met “Celeste*” and her mum at a local comic book signing event. This brave eleven-year old girl identified herself as autistic, and professed her love of the Shimmer characters in our books. Her mother shared something amazing with us: Celeste’s support team were happily surprised to see Celeste at work. She has …
Learning to Embrace Differences and Build Empathy
At Face Value Comics, one of our goals is to help people embrace differences and build empathy between people with ASD and those who are neurotypical. A fun steampunk universe helps that process!
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.
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 …
Autism at Face Value 