“Presumption of competence.”
This is the catchphrase and underlying philosophy of the work that Benjamin Maixner does as director of programs at Exceptional Minds, a not-for-profit professional training academy and studio designed to prepare individuals on the autism spectrum for careers in the digital arts.
Founded in 2012 and with its first class graduating in 2014, the Los Angeles-based school was designed to meet the needs of individuals with autism who possessed raw artistic talent but lacked a suitable educational environment in which to nurture those skills. The two-year program runs five days a week, with one day dedicated to vocational and social-skills training, and attracts students from all across the United States, most of whom are in their 20s. Right now the classes are held remotely. (Exceptional Minds also offers a summer digital arts program for children with autism.) Also in 2014, the Exceptional Minds Studio, an extension of the school, was...
This is the catchphrase and underlying philosophy of the work that Benjamin Maixner does as director of programs at Exceptional Minds, a not-for-profit professional training academy and studio designed to prepare individuals on the autism spectrum for careers in the digital arts.
Founded in 2012 and with its first class graduating in 2014, the Los Angeles-based school was designed to meet the needs of individuals with autism who possessed raw artistic talent but lacked a suitable educational environment in which to nurture those skills. The two-year program runs five days a week, with one day dedicated to vocational and social-skills training, and attracts students from all across the United States, most of whom are in their 20s. Right now the classes are held remotely. (Exceptional Minds also offers a summer digital arts program for children with autism.) Also in 2014, the Exceptional Minds Studio, an extension of the school, was...
- 4/17/2020
- by Malina Saval
- Variety Film + TV
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