Bats were once considered to be strange, featherless Birds condemned to the night, surely longing for the light of day like other Birds. Not unlike autistic people - expected to exist in ways that are not natural for us and assumed to be unhappy with our tragic lot in life. Bat's aren't Birds though - and just like autistic people they have their own ways of doing things. Ah, Poor Bird - take your flight Up above the sorrow of this dark night. Ah, Poor Bird - as you fly Can

Eye contact with humans is hard. I find holding the gaze of another person for longer than a few seconds excruciatingly painful. It...

Inspired by sketching activities from the Urban Field Naturalist Project , this Bat was drawn in a single continuous line. Using a...

Many autistic people experience sensory synaesthesia. Synaesthesia means that different senses are cross wired so that when one kind of...

Banggu is the name for Bats in my Dhurga Yuin language. This woven Grey-Headed Flying Fox Bat uses pyrography & watercolour illustration...

These cute little people are my first attempts at weaving Bats, a series of designs that I have been working on and perfecting since...