The Autism Acceptance Project fonds, 2006-2008

The Autism Acceptance Project was established in 2006 by Estee Klar, an art curator, writer and mother to a child labeled autistic. The Project “is dedicated to promoting acceptance of and accommodations for autistic people in society.” TAAP has an autistic advisory board, and is funded by private donations. In 2006, TAAP organized an exhibition, The Joy of Autism: Redefining Ability and Quality of Life. The event displayed the work of a dozen autistic artists, as well as video and other installations which illustrated the burgeoning autistic rights movement and forwarded the concept of Neurodiversity.

Fonds consists of booklets, brochures and magazine articles produced by, or about, The Autism Acceptance Project (TAAP). There are three copies of a booklet about TAAP, dated October 2006, and an issue of Lifestyles Magazine (2008) featuring an article on Estee Klar-Wolfond, founder of The Autism Acceptance Project. There is also a ticket for an exhibition entitled The Joy of Autism: Redefining Ability and Quality of Life, dated October 11, 2006, as well as a brochure about the event.