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Routine Reimagined

26^th November 2021

A digital drawing by Touretteshero of her visual bedtime routine checklist. At the top of the drawing is black text that reads JT bedtime routine. There are 12 squares each with different coloured backgrounds. Each of the squares contain a drawing that represents a task that needs completing. There are drawings of a catheter bag filled with urine with two hands holding the bag. The next drawing is a silhouette of a cat within the question ‘Cat has food & water?’. The next is of windows on a purple background with the words ‘Door Locked, window secured, garden clear of washing etc.’ The next drawing is of a blue water bottle with a green top on a forest green background with the question: ‘Water by bed?’ The next drawing is a red background with a syringe, a bottle of medication and a hot water bottle with the question: ‘Pain medication required?’ The next drawing is of a heating thermometer on an electric blue background with the question ‘Heating off/down?’. The next drawing is of an alarm clock on a lilac background with the question ‘Alarm in PA room?’ The next drawing is of a bamboo toothbrush with toothpaste on the bristles with the question ‘Teeth brushed?’. The next drawing is of an alarm clock set to 08:30 with the question ‘Wake up time agreed?’ The next drawing is a laptop and ipad on charge on a magenta background with the question ‘Computer & iPad charging?’ The next drawing is of a washing machine with the door open and a sink full of water with the question ‘Washing machine & sink empty?’. The last drawing is a stack of folded washing with the question ‘Clothes prepped for the morning?’

I find transitioning from one activity to another tricky. I struggle with planning my time and understanding and the order in which I need to do things. This is particularly hard when I’m tired, so bedtime is often a flash point.…

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Freak - Emily Heather Bower

19^th November 2021

The word Freak is written in large black lettering across the top of the page in ink. The background is white. There is a portrait of a 12-year-old girl in the centre of the page. She has wild brown curly hair that is shoulder length. She is white and has green eyes. She is wearing a vest and underwear set. The vest and underwear set are a dusky pink with a pink lace trim at the top. There is a white cartoon cat on her vest, bellow the cat her vest says ‘Kitty kat. On the top left corner of her knickers there is a small white cartoon cat head. The drawing of the girl is outlined with black fine line pen and coloured with watercolour pencils. Along the bottom of the page, it says ‘By Emily Heather Bower’ in bold black ink.

For the last few weeks, we’ve been sharing guest posts by creatives supported by our Young Artists Development Programme (YADP). This week we’re showcasing Emily Heather Bower’s poems and images which she’s collated into a powerful zine. Emily takes us through the process.…

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Catfish - Liam Burke

12^th November 2021

A digital freehand block-colour drawing of the Grand Hotel in Scarborough, which is sitting upon some dark green grass. The hotel is a Victorian building with at least 7 floors, with domes and turrets on the roof. It is drawn with a long yellow ground floor, with arched doorways and long rectangular windows. The two floors above it are much shorter, and are brown with small square and arched windows. Above this are two more floors coloured beige, which each have a series of long windows running next to each other. One of these sets of windows is coloured blue, the other is white. The two floors above these - the tallest two floors of the building - are beige, with tall windows of various shapes, with dark orange external framing. The roof is a dark green and black.

For today’s post we head to Scarborough where visual artist Liam Burke’s been working on a series of colourful digital drawings. Liam’s one of the ten artists we’ve supported to explore their ideas in our Young Artist Development Programme.

Liam tells us more about the buildings of Scarborough, the drawings they’ve inspired and his experience of exhibiting a piece of work at a gallery.…

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Rising - Helena Ascough

5^th November 2021

Over the last month we’ve been sharing a weekly guest post from one of the young creatives supported by our Young Artists Development Programme. This week’s spotlight is on poet Helena Ascough. So over to you, Helena:

Poetry is a huge love of mine.…

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My Social Art - Beth Greenwood

29^th October 2021

Multiple motor tic – A black and white image of a white girl with dark hair and a dark t shirt on, doing multiple motor tics. She has her eyes scrunched closed, her mouth slightly open, her head tilted slightly back and her shoulders hunched. There are illustrations on the image. On her eyelids there are three orange arrows on each eye pointing downwards. On her lip there is a blue arrow curving downwards. On her neck there are yellow arrows facing towards her head.

Guest posts from the amazing creatives, supported by our Young Artist Development Programme (YADP), continue, and this week’s spotlight is on Beth Greenwood. Over to you Beth.

Most often, the type of art that inspires me isn’t displayed in galleries or in a physical place.…

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After a dream - Rylan Gleave

22^nd October 2021

I’m delighted to share another guest post with you – this week it’s from artist Rylan Gleave who took part in our first Young Artists Development Programme. Over to Rylan.

About 6 or 7 years ago, I went to an ex-boyfriend’s house to help him out with a recording project, as a singer.…

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Fix Your Priorities - Imogen Johnstone

15^th October 2021

Earlier this year we launched our pilot Young Artists Development Programme (YADP). Ten incredible disabled and/or neurodivergent artists have been working on developing a creative idea or project. Over the coming weeks we’re delighted to be sharing a guest post from each of them showcasing their work and experiences.…

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Jazz’s Support Request

1^st October 2021

A digital drawing of the front and back design of the Support Cards created by Touretteshero for Jazz. The Support Card is shaped like a cloud and is light purple in colour. On the right is the front of the Support Request Card. There is text that is centred and reads ‘Support Request’. This is in a rainbow coloured hand drawn font and there is a rainbow bursting from the second p in the word support. Below the title of the Support Request card is text in black “Use this card to let others know when you need some help.” There are white stars dotted around both the from and back of the support request cards. On the left is the back design of the support card. There is the text  “I would like you to know that my tics are causing me pain and I need some help with this. Please support me by: 1. Talking to me about this in a quiet place 2. Providing a heat or cold pack 3. Calling my parent or carer for more information” Below the text is a blank box to fill in the ways that someone with painful tics would need support.

Last year I wrote a post about the power of taking breaks. I described how I’d learnt to recognise when I needed to stop, and the type of break my body or mind required – sometimes this involves resting and sometimes it involves moving about.…

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Get Out Of My Pub!

1^st September 2021

A digital drawing by Touretteshero of Peggy Mitchell, notorious pub landlady of British TV soap Eastenders. She has sandy blonde hair and her mouth is wide open mid-shout. Giant white capital letters the right say ‘GET OUT OF MY PUB’.

Like any proper Londoner, I grew up watching EastEnders. Pub landlady Peggy Mitchell, a long running character on the show, was well known for screaming ‘Get out of my pub!’ at anyone who got on her nerves.

I’ve written before about how to play Phil Mitchell, a tic-inspired game based on another EastEnders character, Peggy’s son, Phil.…

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No Burn Out in Biscuit Land

24^th August 2021

A digital drawing by Jess of a landscape made on her iPad. In the bottom part of the drawing there is water followed by sand, a green vista with trees and a cloudy sky. The phrase ‘Making Space for Rest’ is overlaid on the drawing in clouds, hedges, sand and waves.

We’re starting two weeks of research and development for a new show soon. It’s going to be called Burnt Out In Biscuit Land and in it we’ll be re-visiting the surreal world my tics create around me – the setting for our first stage show back in 2014.…

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Routine Reimagined

Freak - Emily Heather Bower

Catfish - Liam Burke

Rising - Helena Ascough

My Social Art - Beth Greenwood

After a dream - Rylan Gleave

Fix Your Priorities - Imogen Johnstone

Jazz’s Support Request

Get Out Of My Pub!

No Burn Out in Biscuit Land

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