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<br /> Month.Yet Kennon-wonders - . i
<br /> about the usefulness of'such - Y s E i
<br /> a month - particularly if it ; :` j
<br /> doesn't go beyond lip ser- 4.
<br /> vice. "I think `autism aware- `f = : 1 ,•
<br /> ness'has become cliche,"she ` , ` _ '`' '
<br /> fl 'yti . .
<br /> said "I think most everyone 4„ ¢ 2 > .
<br /> is aware of autism,It has be _ i •
<br /> come .mainstream, this Y
<br /> awareness:Now it is time for ,; -
<br /> it to mean something." .P',
<br /> Those on the spectrum;
<br /> Kermon.says, aren't inner
<br /> ently smarter or more spe `x' a
<br /> cial. That's not the message . <'
<br /> at all. What's needed,,she z
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<br /> says,is at least a general un- -
<br /> derstanding of what makes i - -
<br /> people like her different and
<br /> actual inclusion in the Brea
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<br /> er conversation.World dial- - ,
<br /> lenges, for'instance; require ``l 4
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<br /> different ways of thinking fix; •' ,' r�,
<br /> and modes of problem soly i " -
<br /> ing: ,
<br /> "By definition, those on ,;
<br /> the spectrum do that;" she �r'
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<br /> says. "Now is the time for ..:: ;:,7.:;.-.::::-...,, -.
<br /> real inclusion."
<br /> Appropriately, it's Tyrol ; ; .:` .�
<br /> er's responsibility at FRANK '
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<br /> Gallery to include people �_ = w. �
<br /> who haven't had the opportu ;. ::':~
<br /> pity to show their work. So '' A
<br /> she brought'in Kermon-and ^`
<br /> even�challenged'her to try `'.=-$ `:x --� :f
<br /> new artistic directions. The
<br /> collaboration between Tyrol-
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<br /> er's photography=and Ker-
<br /> . ting '
<br /> mores sctilptures;-for in-
<br /> stance, has been so'far• out- . -- - . , �� - --"
<br /> side Kermon's comfort`zone ... • -curtest of-- _ ... mon
<br /> as to seem sut•real'to'her - Artist Susan Kermon,self portrait
<br /> equal parts intithidating`and , ,
<br /> exciting. ... . ... • . `®iversab hities'a A saniptitin of events
<br /> "This idea thrills'mei"she
<br /> said. "I'potentially see it as El April`7-May 3:FRANK-Community Outreach Gallery Presents Art Therapy Institute"Reflections"
<br /> an external representation of Exhibition.with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m.April 12 at FRANK Gallery,109 E FranklinSt.
<br /> all that I have come to under- ® A rrl 11:30 to 3:30 .m Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation's Adaptive Recreation and inclusion.
<br /> stand,internallyover thepast Program presents,"Acting is Awesome!"performance;Seymour Center,2551 Homestead Road . .
<br /> five years•and subsequent of- m April15,6 to 9 p,m "Creativity and Diversity"panel discussion,musical performance,and recep
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<br /> icial diagnosis at-age 45:" ` tion.Special guest Mayor Mark Kfeinschmidt and panelists Susan Kermon and Deborah Zuver,
<br /> "The fact that'it will be a , ®April 2-June14"Diversability"reception/meet the artists;2 to 4:30 p.m.April19 featuring Susan:
<br /> dialogu'ehetweenMyself and ' Kermon,Steve Hockenyos,and Michael Buxton;Carrboro Branch Library;900 Fayetteville Road
<br /> Barbara; captured`in two di- For a complete schedule of-events throughout the'Tr•iangle this;month;see http://nando.com/14a.
<br /> nensions, beautifully paial
<br /> lets the reality of autism as I with the,broader,communi-` autism,"she said. tween the.autism communi 7.
<br /> see'it,"she added, "combin- ty." For Kermon, it's an excit-- ty aitd the;neurotypical
<br /> ing both-an inside and an out To that end, Diversabili- ing exhibit and an exciting., world.Considering-her own'
<br /> side view, ties'ifocus-is on the contribu- time. - - stark before and after, she
<br /> - "What's different about'Di tions of,people on the autism She considers-herself an. wants-to help'others in the
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<br /> versabiiifies is this is more`a spectrum. Too, often; Zuver. artist for the first time in 25 smile way.
<br /> sense of celebration and-a says;they're-relegated to the yea rs;z.a it d- C I DD a n'd "My life has been defined '
<br /> welcoming," says'Deborah ;fringe, or their challenges; FRANK:Gallery'have helped- by artwork of some form,.:
<br /> Zuver, director of advocacy are highlighted rather:than her finally return-to that' more often than not by the.
<br /> initiatives at CIDD:-`' :their abilities - or itheir re- -world,She'd like to be a simi- - absence of it,"she said:The.
<br /> "There's a phrase called markable variety. - lar resource for those=receiv- future;-though, may be rich:
<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 spectrum ;you've met-.one person.with : on.the spectrum; a link-be- ;
<br /> Wednesday,April 8;2015
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