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By Dave Kot, Founder, Face Value Comics<\/a><\/p>\n

Kids want and need heroes like themselves. We may not have superpowers, yet comic books allow us to daydream. Readers can imagine themselves as someone special without limits on their potential. Sadly, most comic books not only ignore autism, but marginalize or inaccurately portray this sensory processing challenge. Examples by current industry leaders depict autism as a mental illness weakness (1)<\/a>, as something to be cured (2)<\/a>, or openly admit how their script writers couldn\u2019t write an autistic character (3)<\/a>. At least I can respect the last comment, because the creative team recognizes their own shortcomings and won\u2019t risk embarrassment.<\/p>\n

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Face Value Comics<\/a> stands in this gap. We created the world\u2019s first featured comic book hero with autism! Our founder and script writer is autistic, a PhD student (psychology), and former clinician working with many young people on the autism spectrum.<\/p>\n

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By Dave Kot, Founder, Face Value Comics Kids want and need heroes like themselves. We may not have superpowers, yet comic books allow us to daydream. Readers can imagine themselves as someone special without limits on their potential. Sadly, most…<\/span><\/p>\n

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