Citizen Autistic (2013)

Directed by

William Davenport

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

58 min

Rating

1.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows autism rights activists who argue for acceptance over a cure. It includes interviews with leaders of the neurodiversity movement and examines controversies around therapies and organizations that treat autistic people.

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What happens

Citizen Autistic is a 2013 documentary film directed by William Davenport exploring the advocacy work of autism rights activists. Citizen Autistic features interviews with autistic activists including Ari Ne'eman, co-founder and former president of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, and Zoe Gross, creator of the Disability Day of Mourning annual vigils held in honor of filicide victims with disabilities. The documentary covers topics important to neurodiversity such as the debate over whether researchers should seek a cure for autism and controversies surrounding the nonprofit organization Autism Speaks and the Judge Rotenberg Center, a residential institution known for using electric skin shock aversive treatment as a form of behavioral modification. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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