Crafting Autistic Futures

Rebecca-Eli Long
anthropologist, gerontologist, and artist

On view in the Alab until March 28 (Friday) during the following opening hours: 

Tuesdays: 10:30-11:30 (Tuesdays)

Fridays 12:00-1:30 (Fridays)

For group/class visits outside these hours, please email alab.info@purdue.edu. 

This exhibition uses knitting to materialize stories of the autistic life course that might otherwise be overlooked. The items in this exhibit combine participatory textile making research with pieces reflecting the artist's own passion for knitting. In highlighting these experiences, this exhibition seeks to share the things that matter to autistic people and contribute to more accurate understandings of autism and neurodivergence. 

About the artist: Rebecca-Eli Long (they, them, theirs) is an autistic knitter and anthropologist. In demonstrating autistic meaning-making through textile narratives, Rebecca-Eli documents autistic culture and creativity. Through this work, they strive to make autistic futures–individual and collective–more possible.