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.
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.
Dr Clare Lawrence, Bishop Grosseteste University I was very fortunate in March to be one of the keynote speakers at Writing East Midlands’ Beyond the Spectrum Festival. This was a fascinating day of presentations and workshops around the subject of autism and creative writing. My
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!
