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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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Wretches & Jabberers (2010)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.