Our life with autism
My son, Noah and I created this step-by-step support photography journey, first for ourselves, and today for everyone who is in contact with a person on the autism spectrum and wants to communicate better, lower anxiety and develop autonomy.
The program was featured in VSD, a French news magazine in April 2018 and in Neil Gibson’s book “Therapeutic Photography”, London 2018, presented at the Perugia Foto Fest the same year.
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Our Methodology
Noah’s benefits : it enhanced his speech abilities, time frame references, autonomy, gave him a sense of belonging (in the family, in the community, at school), developed his creativity, lowered his anxiety...
Today, he describes himself as an artist not an autist.
My benefits : I realised Noah was more autonomous than I thought, I could help him cope with anxiety with a tool as simple as photography, I learned how he sees the world and made peace with myself as a “good enough” mum.
This serie illustrates the intimate part of our everyday life.
It was presented, to 300 persons, in 2015, at a live conference.
Noah takes photographs on his own, visit his website: www.noahbrombart.com
Why photography ?
It’s a visual tool, easy to access for people on the spectrum, working like PECS (Pictures Exchange Communication System created by DR Andrew Bondy & Lori Ford)
It helps families to cope with their emotions while living with autism
It’s based on the Theory of Mind (people unable to recognise other people mental state, Premack and Guy Woodruff's wrote, 1978)
What to expect ?
You connect through existing images, images you create and engage dialogue. You put words on images. You build a secure environment.
You learn a support tool for your family
See your everyday life from a new perspective
How do you do it ?
You will together create the story of your family through photography
You will take images daily
You will connect with your emotions
Everything will be gathered in a journal
Who is it for ?
Families having difficulties to live with a member on the spectrum
Families who want to help a loved one on the spectrum
Professionnal psychotherapists, coachs, social workers in contact with families and people on the spectrum
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