Rhyme and Reason responds to five main themes identified by Nottingham Trent Psychology’s research into Beyond The Spectrum:

• It’s Tough Out There
• Community
• All Autistic, All Different
• Confidence
• Understanding Autism

Beyond The Spectrum poets Jasmine Donnelly, Chloe Hunt, Ann Penn, Jo Plumbe, Deborah Potter, April Wakefield and Courtney Ward, alongside Lead Writers Pippa Hennessy and Anna Cotton, contributed their writing in response to the above themes. Research was conducted by Rachel Phillips and Lai-Sang from NTU Psychology. You can find the online anthology, watch clips of the featured poems and view the whole launch event, hosted by Inspire Libraries, here.

“Beyond The Spectrum workshops have become powerful crucibles for forging new relationships and generating new writing. Anyone reading this book will appreciate how powerful and precious they have become.” – Sian Tower, Head of Programmes

“It’s given me a great sense of pride to see that our work indeed as huge positive impacts on the lives of the people we write with from week to week, month to month, year to year.” – Pippa Hennessy, Lead Writer

88 page colour anthology – £5