When researching neurodiversity and art, the subject of access to funding came up for me. The application for funding documents a process that is often very challenging for the neurodiverse creative. Laura Dobbs, in her blog https://rachel.we-are-low-profile.com/blog/ July 2016) talks about how she has often helped neurodiverse artists navigate the funding portal Grantium for the Arts Council England.
Sonia Boue explains the difficulties of accessing funding as a neurodiverse artist here:
Click HERE to see Sonia Bowie explain the access issues.
Dobbs (2016) has observed that neurodiverse individuals look for “a desire, need and ability to see things clearly on macro and micro scales (sometimes simultaneously, as in the case of diagrams / maps / charts)”. Therefore, how can a process that requires concise compartmentalised information for funding be easily accessed?
Actually, how does a neurodiverse creative therefore access ANYTHING easily in the art world?
Chan (2013) identified that unique perspectives and pattern recognition are a strength of many neurodiverse individuals but Boue (2016) in her blog states that access utilising these ways of seeing are not accessible with regard to the funding side of the Arts.
My way of figuring things out are definitely through a sider diagram format and not lots of text. I can navigate my thought process through this system but other systems are the challenge I face.
References
Boue, S. (2016) ‘The performing monkey. – a-n The Artists Information Company’, Barcelona in a Bag, 12 April. Available at: https://www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/barcelona-in-a-bag/post/52446260/ (Accessed: 19 June 2021)
Chan, A. (2013) Autistic Brain Excels at Recognizing Patterns, livescience.com. Available at: https://www.livescience.com/35586-autism-brain-activity-regions-perception.html (Accessed: 3 June 2021).
Dobbs, R. (2016) ‘Supporting neurodiverse & neurodivergent artists’, Rachel Dobbs, 15 July. Available at: https://rachel.we-are-low-profile.com/blog/supporting-neurodiverse-artists/ (Accessed: 4 June 2021).
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