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Empirical Studies of the Arts
(1985) 3 (1): 81-104.

   –----. "Art as a means of interpersonal communication in autistic

   young adults." /PC (1985) 3: 73-84.

   (Both these papers are published under the aegis of the Talented Handicapped Artist's Workshop, founded in New York in 1981.)

   Morishima, A. "Another Van Gogh of Japan: The superior art work of a retarded boy."
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   Motsugi, K. "Shyochan's drawing of insects."
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   Park, C. C.
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   Park, D. and Youderian, P. "Light and number: ordering principles in the world of an autistic child."
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   Rapin, I.
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   Selfe, L.
Nadia: A Case of Extraordinary Drawing Ability in an Autistic Child.
London: 1977. This richly illustrated study of a uniquely gifted child attracted much attention when published and some very important critiques and reviews. The reader is referred to Nigel Dennis,
New York Review of Books,
4 May, 1978, and C. C. Park,
Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia
(1978) 8: 457-72. The latter contains a rich discussion and bibliography of the fascinating Japanese work with autistic artists with which my final Postscript concludes.