A History of Disability in Art and "Hearing" Light Waves, "Seeing" Sound Waves
Fri, Sep 06
|Winston-Salem
First is an overview of disability in art, which has a scope of hundreds of years. Then, using audio and video, local author R. V. Kuser will share his uncommon everyday sensory experiences, especially of sight and sound, as a person living with autism, schizophrenia.
Time & Location
Sep 06, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Winston-Salem, 2611 New Walkertown Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, USA
Guests
About the event
R.V. Kuser is a person who lives with autism and schizophrenia. He is on a lifelong quest for ways to overcome misperceptions about differently abled individuals. To let everyone know, we CAN do anything. With his wife, Marlene, they both give a greater insight into autism and schizophrenia when speaking publicly and advocating.
R.V.’s first book was Challenged but not Defeated – Strategies for coping with autism and schizophrenia. His second book is Weight A Minute! – Lesions a Family Learns Through the Gift of Autism is fiction. Weight A Minute is based in Winston-Salem and follows the story of a middle child with autism and his family. His newest book “My Schizophrenia Story – We All Help Each Other” is also a book about self-care for everyone!