The College of Training survey, exterior is geared toward autistic individuals aged 18 and over.
It hopes to handle why they will really feel unwelcome by the comics trade – and discover out what it’s about comics that draws so many autistic individuals within the first place.
Co-lead Prof Jenny Gibson, an knowledgeable in neurodiversity and autism, described the challenge as “kick-starting a wider dialog about comics and autism”.
“Comics appear to have large enchantment for a shocking variety of autistic individuals, and plenty of of them should not simply followers however enormously proficient cartoonists, artists and illustrators,” she mentioned.
“That is one thing the comics neighborhood is more and more conscious of, and there’s a lot of enthusiasm for turning into higher allies for autistic individuals.”
Known as The Collaboration For Comics And Autism, the challenge will work with companions together with the CCIC and the Lakes Worldwide Comedian Artwork Competition.
Different companions embody specialist writer Dekko Comics, which helps neurodivergent learners, the Affiliation of Illustrators, the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration and autistic cartoonists Bex Ollerton and Eliza Fricker.
