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<br /> Month.Net Kermon wonders
<br /> about the use[ulness'of such ,
<br /> a month ':.particularly if it
<br /> doesn't go:beyond lip ser-
<br /> vice. "I think`autism aware,—
<br /> ness'has become cliche, sht '
<br /> said,-`I thinkmost-everyone. Y=�•
<br /> is aware of autism.It has be-
<br /> come mainstream; this
<br /> awareness:Now it,'is time for
<br /> it to mean so-mething." �
<br /> Those on'.the,spectrum, f
<br /> Kermon says, aren't; mher-
<br /> ently"smarter or'more spy
<br /> cial. That's not the,messag(� -
<br /> at all. What's needed, shc>
<br /> says,is at least a general u'
<br /> derstanding of*hat makes
<br /> people like"her different and x
<br /> actual inclusion mth6�grea= = �
<br /> ter conversation.World ebal-
<br /> lenges,for`instance;requirf
<br /> different ways,of thinking' `
<br /> and modes of problem soly- wY
<br /> r"By definition, those on e
<br /> the spectrum do that," she s }
<br /> say's; "Now,'is the-time for _
<br /> real inclusion"
<br /> APPrq; pf lat-09"r it's Tyrol- `
<br /> ex s responsibility at'FRA K
<br /> Gallery,to4nclud _people, xz `
<br /> whohav&t had the oppo'rtu= =� �r ti
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<br /> nity'to show their"worLSc
<br /> she brought ih'Kefrnon Anol ^_ '
<br /> even challenged'
<br /> new artistic directions he ry �
<br /> c o 9 ab 6rAt i b rf b'e1we en,Tyro 1=
<br /> er's!photography-=and°Ker=
<br /> coon's:sculptures,''far 'iii'=
<br /> stance, has=been`so'far out=
<br /> side'Kerriioii s`comfo'rt-zon?e
<br /> coorteM of susah kbrmon
<br /> as to'seem surreahto'her Artist Susan Ker?mon self portrait
<br /> equal parts intimidating and
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<br /> exciting, iversabi(i#wes,. a plink O events, . }
<br /> "This idea'thrills
<br /> said:'"I`potentially;see it-as in April!-May 3:FRANK Community Outreach Gallery Presents Art Therapy Institute Reflections
<br /> an external representation of Exhibltinn'with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m.April 12 at FRANK Gallery,109 E Franklin St.
<br /> all t>at i have come to under- - ® April,-1:30 to m`3.30 p. Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation's Adaptive Recreation,and lnclusion.
<br /> stand internally over thepast Program presents"Acting is'Awesome!"performance,Seymour'Center,2551 Homestead Road
<br /> five year's and subsequent of_ April 15,6 to 9 p,m."Creativity and Diversity"panel discussion,musical performance,and recep
<br /> fictiil diagnosis at`age 4b ' tion.Special guest Mayor Mark Kieinschmidt and panelists Susan Kermon and Deborah ZuVer
<br /> !`The fact that pit Will be_-a ®April 2-June14"Diversability"reception/meet the.:artists,216 4:30 p.m.April 19 featuring Susan
<br /> dial'ogue'betweeri myself ail i Kermon,Steve Hockenyos and Michael Buxton;'Carrboi oBranch Library;900 Fayetteville Road
<br /> Barbara;°captured in two di' Fora complete'schedul'� f events throughout the°Triangle this month see http://nandoxomA4a
<br /> mensions, beautifully paral
<br /> leis the reality bf autism"as I ,with the broader communi autism"she said. tween the;acrtrsm conmum 00 f
<br /> see'it," she dded;"corribin'- ty" For Kermon, it's an exeit ty and the neurotyprcal
<br /> ingboth an inside an d anout= To that,End; Diversabili- ;ing exhibit and an exciting world: Considering her own
<br /> S yrew .' ties' is on the contribu- :trine. stark before'and after, she
<br /> focus
<br /> "What's different`about-Di- tions of people on the autism She considers herself an wants to help others in the'
<br /> versabilitpas is this=> more`a spectrum. Too,-often; Zuver artist for the first time in 25 sane way.
<br /> sense of c*'lebratron and'a says they're-relegated to,th'e years; a a'd C I D D- a n d: "My life has been,defined -
<br /> welconiing,,' says beborali fringe, or their challenges FRANK.Gallery have helped. by 'artwork of some form,
<br /> Zu er, dX'rec'tor,of advocacy are-highlighted rattier than. her finally return to-that more ofteti than not by,the;
<br /> initiatives at CIDD.'
<br /> 'their abilities — or heir re-> 'world.She'd like to be a simi absence of it she_.said Th'e
<br /> "Theie's'a phrase called markabie Variety. lar resource for those receiv> future, though, may be ijq,
<br /> neurodiversity," she said: "As the saying is,if,you've ing autism diagnoses as with it.
<br /> `It's=a way of bridging people -met one person'with autism, adults or the"parents of teens
<br /> who are on the;spectruin you've met-;one person,with . on-ahe spectrum, a link be-
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