Beyond the Spectrum
Unpicking the Mask
It’s strange, looking back, how a mask can be stitched so finely into your life that you forget where the mask ends, and skin begins.
11/08/2025
Supporting and championing creative writing for the Autistic Community.
Investment we've helped bring to the Autistic & Writing Community since 2020
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BEYOND THE SPECTRUM
Beyond The Spectrum: An Autism Arts Project
Beyond The Spectrum is a UK wide autism arts and creative writing programme led by and for Autistic writers. It aims to enable Autistic individuals to express their voice and life experiences through arts engagement – promoting individual wellbeing, public awareness, and representation of autism in the arts.
By connecting autism and creative arts, Beyond The Spectrum offers a unique programme, bringing Autistic people together to enhance communication and understanding.
Beyond the Spectrum runs free creative writing workshops for autistic adults and young people. Find out more about BTS below.
Masterclasses
Level up your writing skills with our creative writing masterclasses. Find advanced workshops and courses lead by professional, published writers, by location and genre.
Social Stories
Find out how a Beyond The Spectrum online workshop works with this step-by-step guide, starting with when you first sign up to the creative writing programme to when you join online.
Case Studies
From those struggling with situational mutism to becoming increasingly confident and ven speaking publicly, read the humbling stories uncovered by BTS and the lives that it changes.
WRITING EAST MIDLANDS
Upcoming Events & Opportunities for Autistic writers
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Feature Stories
Beyond the Spectrum
Celebrating Beyond the Spectrum in Our New Video
The Beyond the Spectrum team at Writing East Midlands are delighted to share our new video, celebrating the programme, and Autistic creative writing.
05/08/2025
Beyond the Spectrum
Does Autistic Masking Hinder Your Creativity?
Does autistic masking hinder your writing craft? Do you think about writing more than you write? Do you jump from project to project and never get anything finished to a satisfactory state? Welcome to the club, because this is me to a T.
03/07/2025