Drawing the inner world: exploring autistic perception through virtual reality art-making
Sarune Savickaite, Rebecca Airlie, Neil McDonnell, David Simmons · 2026
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Description
Sarune Savickaite and co-authors let autistic adults draw their in-world sense in a fake world. The study appeared in 2026. First-hand tales of such sense stay rare in mind print. Six adults with a set mark took part, most of them young men.
Each drew free in a 3D brush tool while they spoke their thoughts out loud. Brief talks and two trait forms framed each case. Three themes stood out: sink-in feel, art voice and self mark, and flight from strain. The fake world felt calm and theirs to shape, they said. Art forms ran from true-shape scenes to loose hue fields.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sarune Savickaite, Rebecca Airlie, Neil McDonnell, David Simmons |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |