SPELLERS
Hosted by Optimal ACCESS
On-demand
Available
Mar 9, 12:00 PM CST - Apr 8, 12:00 PM CDT
Price
Free Screening
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About the event
Celebrate March as Disability Awareness Month and April as Autism Acceptance Month by RETHINKING AUTISM!
Grab a FREE OnDemand ticket of the award winning film, SPELLERS, hosted by Optimal ACCESS, to open your mind to what we’ve been missing in traditional therapies and special education!
Let’s share the news and make our world more ACCESSible for all, regardless of how they communicate!
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