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Published on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 by Michelle López By Belinda Smith & Michelle López The Queens Museum of Art and Queens Library collaborated to create an art making program to introduce students with autism to chapter books.  In my work with children with autism, chapter books can be challenging for new and emerging readers.  Students with autism tend to be visual learners and can [...]...

Published on Friday, May 13, 2011 by Michelle López Part of our Autism Initiatives is to locate resources in the community where parents could find information about autism in various languages.  Hana Joo, ArtAccess Educator, took the mission to the streets of Flushing.  She found the book “Emergence: Labeled Autistic” by Temple Grandin PhD, in Korean, “어느 자폐인 이야기“  It is a lovely ha...

Published on Monday, January 24, 2011 by Michelle López The Queens Musem of Art and the Queens Library are partnering to create programs for families with children that have an Autism Spectrum Disorder.  It is very exciting to develop programs for our Autism Initiatives.  I am in the process of collaborating with teaching artists and art therapists for new programsstarting now, in March, at [...]...

Published on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 by Michelle López In November of 2010,  The Queens Library and the Queens Museum of Art celebrated the photographs captured by the six families participating in “A View from My Lens,” a photography class for children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. This bilingual class, providing Spanish language supports, was a family program in which siblings and parents took an [...]...

Published on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 by Michelle López  ”But, of course, only in my eyes..”        Queens Teen, Tracy L. reflects on her experience in working with a child with autism in our family program, “A Trip Around the World on the 7 Train.” Free Family Programs were offered at the Queens Library with Autism & Spanish Language Supports this summer through our ArtAccess Autism Ini...

Published on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 by Michelle López I am opening registration for our family programs for families affected by autism, in the Queens Library. The dates of the program as follows: Queens Library Woodside location: Mondays, July 12, 19, 26 Aug 2, 9 2010 Queens Library Flushing location: Tuesdays, July 13, 20, 27 Aug 3, 10 2010 The program is free and will end in an [...]...