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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A person with autism identifies a way to bypass political budget stalemates while self-funding special needs education. How? Read more...
Understanding facial feature recognition lets us bypass rhetoric from any side.
PAGE ONE INTERIOR - GENERIC (HIGH) SCHOOL CLASSROOM - DAY 1. ACTION: The Zephyr sits behind a teacher’s desk in a generic high school classroom. Place Items commonly associated with teachers (ie: pencil, textbook, shiny apple, etc.) on the desk. Smiling, the Zephyr appeals to the readers as he introduces new thoughts about (autism support) …
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!
For teens with autism, social learning happens only through explicit teaching. We hope that Face Value Comics will help with that process through enjoyable stories and modeling.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Autism at Face Value 