Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture is a peer-reviewed, biannual journal that aims to document autistic culture by publishing scholarly and creative works that examine and explore it. Ought focuses contributions of the autistic community, celebrating the visual, verbal, and non-verbal accomplishments of autistic scholars, artists, and others. It also showcases the work of the scholars, scientists, parents, professionals, and other autistic-adjacent individuals who share experiences with autistic people and influence their lives. In blending creative and critical works about autism, Ought seeks to break down barriers between academic disciplines, between genres of artistic expression, between caretakers and professionals, and finally, between neurotypicals and autistics. Ought is the conversation about autism as it ought to be.
Current Issue: Volume 5, Issue 2 (2024)
Table of Contents
Note from the Editors: Autistic Aesthetics
Robert Rozema and Christopher Bass
The Rainbow Spectrum
Archana Kadam
A Walk With The Cailleach
Shelley Wallace
Resonant Perceptions: Exploring Autistic Aesthetics through Embodied Cognition
James Hutson and Piper Hutson
Beauty in the Gothic: Forms of Autistic Aesthetics
Elinor Rowlands
Fine Arts Gallery: Dylan Mackenzie
Dylan Mackenzie
Sculpting Aesthetic Experiences through Autistic Indigenous Knowledge
Manuel A. Sánchez Peña
N°13 of the collection n°11 : « Life Origine »
Eddie Delvaux
No Longer On Fire
Vikki M. Parker
Strange Stranger: A Visceral Skin Glaze Exploration into the Neurodivergent Sensory Experience
Sam J. Lucas
An Autistic Aesthetic of Connectivity
Inga Hamilton
Visions of a Captured Mind: Using Expressive Film Techniques to Convey the Experience of Liberty Deprivation as a Neurodiverse Individual
Sam H. Grant and Ken Fero
Experimental Performative and Analog Photography
Emily H. Coghlan
“I Don’t Want to Be Human”: The Neurodivergent Reader Response to Martha Wells’ Murderbot Diaries Series
Rachel S. Anderson
Determining Autistic Aesthetics: How to Find Autistic Artists in Canada
Gerald S. Beaulieu
Reading Daniel Bowman Jr.’s On the Spectrum: A Review
David V. Urban
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