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!
Category: Paul Ekman
Helping Teens with Autism with Social Learning
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.
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 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 …
Autism at Face Value 