DRAWING AUTISM (Akashic, $22.95) highlights an “area where individuals with autism can have great abilities.” Jill Mullin, a clinical therapist, began the project with an artist named Glen Russ, who at an early age developed a passion for music and art. His drawings of the Temptations and the Jackson 5 inspired Mullin to explore the recurring themes in art made by people with autism. Russ’s pictures are primitive but not naïve, while other works in the book are more advanced, notably Noah Schneider’s “The Fiddler” (pictured), painted when he was 13, which combines a little Chagall with comic flair.

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