Welcome to The Autism Scene: Exploring Comics & Animation Through a Neurodiverse Lens 🎨🧠

In this video, we dive into the vibrant world of comics and animation from the perspective of the autistic community, with Britton Payne from The Autism Scene. and his creative writing competition Auspec Awards. How do autistic creators and fans connect with visual storytelling? What makes these art forms so powerful for self-expression, identity, and communication?

Britton Payne is an entertainment attorney, recently of Warner Bros. Animation and Nickelodeon. On the side, Brit regularly presents at comic cons and elsewhere about autism and pop culture, including “Authentically Creating Autistic Characters,” “Autism in Comic Books,” and “After 50 Years, Why do Spidey Super Stories Comics Still Matter to Autistic Kids and Everybody Else?.” This year, Brit started The Autism Scene, a nonprofit advocating for the inclusion of explicitly autistic characters in kids pop culture. This winter, The Autism Scene is running the AuSPEC AWARDS, a kids animated series spec script competition, which requires a series regular meaningfully interacting with an explicitly autistic character. Brit and his wife Alice are active community members of The Frostig School in Pasadena, which is dedicated to helping children, teens and young adults with learning differences live and learn to their full potential.

The Autism Scene https://www.theautismscene.org/

After 50 Years, Why do Spidey Super Stories Comics Still Matter to Autistic Kids and Everybody Else?

WonderCon 2025

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VaOfu0_nGEfuV_8f8RZJsrDn4keATAH4/view?usp=share_link

Autism in Comic Books

San Diego Comic Con 2025

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/113N5wjD5cSpXnvb09g0bwx6okD0LMX-_koy9zwpXVDo/edit?usp=share_link

We explore:

✅ Representation of autistic characters

✅ How sensory elements in animation resonate with autistic viewers

✅ The creative approaches of neurodiverse artists and writers

✅ Why comics and animation are such meaningful mediums for autistic expression

Whether you're autistic, an ally, a fan of comics and animation, or just curious, this video offers a fresh, thoughtful look at storytelling through a neurodiverse lens.

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