Liz Pritchard is a neurodiverse artist, advocate, teacher, author, presenter and mentor whose advocacy has taken her to Taiwan, the Philippines, Mexico and Canada. Pritchard is the creator of an original comic book series titled PaperBag Comic, a series of short stories about learning to love all of oneself in spite of flaws. Pritchard has self-published over seven hundred pages of this series so far, which is still ongoing.
Pritchard advocates for autism and mental health conditions through her artwork and in various other ways. She serves as an Ambassador for the Autism Council of Rochester, and has been featured in City Magazine as one of Rochester’s 10. She has been interviewed on ROC Voices Radio on the topic of recovery from addiction, advocated for autism acceptance on Spectrum News, and most recently was featured on WXXI’s Dialogue on Disability and NPR about finding opportunity as an artist in the midst of a global pandemic.
It was through Pritchard’s mentor, Alec Frazier (who passed away in February 2021), that she was introduced to the Lights! Camera! Access! (LCA) network, where she learned how to network and build strong, meaningful connections. Pritchard is currently an LCA Flash Mentor and runs a studio workshop for LCA cohorts. Through LCA, Pritchard was hired as the Post Production Supervisor and Video Editor for the ADA30 Lead On: Celebration of Disability Arts, Culture, Education and Pride Production and the NDEAM (National Disability Employment Awareness Month) Production of 2020.
