What I did this week: recently I sent a number of email out to different groups asking if I volunteer to work with autistic kids for my project. So far only two places have gotten back to me about working with them. The University of Michigan Autism and Communications Center, which informed me that as of recently the center is no longer in Michigan but has just recently moved to New York and has shut down their U of M branch. The second place that got back to me was Celebrities Against Autism, I helped out at an event that they held in Walled Lake this past Thursday night. Val, the head of the service group gave me her card so she could help me get in touch with other groups.
Also during this weekend I got a group of home schooled students to take photographs of what they love to learn about. They are getting developed right now, and I am excited to pick them up in an hour.
What I discovered:
At the event they had a stand of art work made by a child with Autism named Ben, Ben worked mostly with Clay and paint, but the work was beautiful. It made me think, maybe I could try to help one student create work instead of a large group, and then maybe create a book of their work?
Once I get the pictures developed from this weekend I think I will have more of an idea of where my project is heading.
What I should do next:
This weekend I plan on getting in touch with Val, and see if their is any way I can help/ inspire my work.
Also I plan on passing out a few more digital cameras to another group of children to see what they come up with.
I've also got a new Argus camera and 620 film that I am hoping to try out. I want to experiment with the camera as well as go take pictures of the old location of the Argus factory in AA. Maybe this project could turn into something interesting?
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