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.
Level up your writing skills with our creative writing masterclasses. Find advanced workshops and courses lead by professional, published writers, by location and genre.
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.
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.
As part of the dedicated Beyond the Spectrum website, we have a new blog!
We’d love to use this as a place to share content from our participants, Lead and Shadow Writers, and everyone else in our community with something to say!
We’re excited to announce the first ever Beyond the Spectrum online festival, taking place on Saturday 29 March, from 9.30am onwards. Save the Date!
Blog by Caroline Stancer I sent my poetry pamphlet, Full Body Reclaim, to the Five Leaves Publications submissions window in June this year. Pippa Hennessy, who is a creative consultant and lead writer for Beyond the Spectrum, is also the Five Leaves Publications publisher
