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.
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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.
By Tara Singh In 2024, I sent my poetry manuscript to Five Leaves during their open window for submissions from underrepresented poets in the East Midlands. I hit “send” with a mixture of hesitation and hope. I told myself not to expect much—that rejection is
As the Beyond the Spectrum evolves – into its 5th year – we want to make sure that there is a way to stay involved, that it doesn’t all end after a year of writing together. This is where our Apprentice Groups come in: these are a new kind of Beyond the Spectrum group, designed to help you keep going, keep writing, and take your creativity further.
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.
