Our assumption was and is that the animation medium enlivens the social histories, and also
gives children opportunities to create these stories; and that these pedagogical tools could be
applied to a range of powerful and expressive possibilities. With animation as the medium it
becomes possible to give movement to figures, people and objects, and social histories have a
temporal progression. We also had a hypothesis that animation would be a good medium for
autistic children to use to express themselves, since animation speaks to their strengths:
attention to detail, goodfocus and concentration abilities and a need to control what will happen.