SPELLERS
Hosted by Kelly a Cain
In-person
When
Apr 30, 1:00 PM EDT
Where
The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center
418 Walnut Street, Sewickley, PA, 15143
Price
Free Screening
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About the event
Join us for the screening of this groundbreaking film about nonspeakers finding their voices and changing the course of their lives. The film will be followed by a Q&A at 2:30 with local Spellers, their families and practitioners. Graciously sponsored by the Autism Caring Center.
Event Participants
Carole L. Policastro, D. Ed.
Certified S2C Practitioner
Anna Napolitano
Speller and Advocate
About the film
Inspired by the book Underestimated, the new full-length documentary SPELLERS challenges conventional wisdom regarding a group relegated to society’s margins: nonspeakers with autism, who most “experts” believe are cognitively disabled. As the film opening asks, “What if we’ve been wrong…about every single one of them?” SPELLERS answers that question, in convincing fashion, through the stories of eight nonspeakers—Aydan, Evan, Sid, Maddie, Jamie, Vince, Cade, and Elizabeth—who all found their voice through the miraculous process of using a letterboard to communicate their thoughts and feelings. As Jamie explains, “we think, feel, and learn just like everyone else.”
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
1h 23m
Released
2023
Director
Pat Notaro
Executive Producer
Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, Donnie Wahlberg, Dawnmarie Gaivin, Dana Johnson, Gail Tanner
Cast
Aydan Boden, Jamie Handley, Cade Larson, Vince Rinicella, Madison Hollman, Evan Tastor, Elizabeth Bonker, Sid Sarathy
About the space
FREE parking is available:After 5 p.m. on weekdays and after 1 p.m. on SaturdaysAll day on Sundays and major holidays.Street parking and municipal lots are near the Theater. For patrons with mobility challenges, a short ramp connects the Theater directly to the municipal Green Street lot next door.
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Wheelchair accessible