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SPELLERS

Hosted by Paulette Trotsky

On-demand

Available

Jan 22, 7:00 PM CST - Feb 21, 7:00 PM CST

Price

$10.00 USD per person

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Worldwide

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About the event

Found My Voice, Inc. is inspired and determined to help nonspeakers have access to a more robust form of communication. Spelling works and it has already changed the lives of so many. We plan to continue to support nonspeakers at our office and online as best as we can. Nonspeakers deserve to have their voices heard by others. Let the revolution begin!

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

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