Showing the movie, SPELLERS, for the general public to learn more about individuals that use spelling for communication.  Immediately following the film there will be a panel consisting of professionals and 
parents to field questions from the audience. 

This is a FREE showing but if you would like to help support this showing, please go to our 



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This showing is part of a certified CME-CEU course that is for providers and educators.  Any attendee of this event will have the opportunity to get 2.5hrs of continuing education credits! 

You can register for the Continuing Education credits by visiting this website:

https://reactforhope.org/events-education



A QR Code link on April 17th will be provided on a flyer. The QR code gives access to the add-on 70min panel discussion. You MUST watch the film as a prerequisite to taking course and getting credit.

This course is a certified AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ which means doctors and nurses can use for their continuing education requirements for licensure. It’s the highest level of medical education and it’s national (USA). Most educator licensing requirements acknowledge AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ but we recommend registrants find out what their state requirements are and if this course qualifies. (Unfortunately most Chiropractor and Pharmacist licensing boards do not participate).

The course costs $50 to download the certificate.

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David is a retired mechanical engineer who loves to apply his problem solving skills and business experience to every area of life. He is most happy when helping others pursue their goals. David and his wife have seven children (six of whom are married) and fourteen grandchildren, one of whom was recently diagnosed with ASD. 

Faris is a native Arkansan, married to Merilee and father to five wonderful children. His oldest son is Henry, a non-speaking thirteen-year-old who is learning how to communicate using S2C. Faris is eager to bring his experience as Henry’s dad to others to help them along their journey with autism and communication.

Denise Wetzel is the mother of a young adult non-speaker. She and her son, Mark, are currently learning Spelling to Communicate together.  They run a small farm together and she helps Mark to manage his ReMARKable Egg business.

Cynthia Soderberg and her husband Gregory have five children. She has been involved in helping those with special needs since she was a teenager. Cynthia is a trained S2C practitioner which enables her to pursue her passion for helping the non-speaking find their voices. When she has free time, she enjoys hiking with her kids and relaxing with her family.

Denise Wetzel

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.”

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.” 

SPELLERS

Faris Paxton

Cynthia Soderberg

David Warner

The mission of the the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre is to be Moscow’s premier historic, downtown, community performing arts venue and cinematic art house dedicated to hosting and providing high quality arts experiences to residents of and visitors to the Palouse Region.  