Re: Fwd: [LehighValleyAutismVoices] Film - Wretchers & Jabbers

[Guest guest]

Sounds wonderful!!!

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Liz DeSantis wrote:

> Hopefully, this film will eventually come to Pennsylvania!

>

> http://www.wretchesandjabberers.org/

>

> Wretchers & Jabbers

>

> Click on " Watch the Trailer "

> Closed Captioning is available for the trailer

>

> http://www.wretchesandjabberers.org/about.php

>

> About the film

>

> In *Wretches & Jabberers: And Stories from the Road*, two men with autism

> embark on a global quest to change attitudes about disability and

> intelligence. Determined to put a new face on autism, Thresher, 42,

> and Larry Bissonnette, 52, travel to Sri Lanka, Japan and Finland. At each

> stop, they dissect public attitudes about autism and issue a hopeful

> challenge to reconsider competency and the future.

>

> Growing up, Thresher and Bissonnette were presumed “retarded†and excluded

> from normal schooling. With limited speech, they both faced lives of social

> isolation in mental institutions or adult disability centers. When they

> learned as adults to communicate by typing, their lives changed

> dramatically. Their world tour message is that the same possibility exists

> for others like themselves.

>

> Between moving and transformative encounters with young men and women with

> autism, parents and students, Thresher and Bissonnette take time to explore

> local sights and culture; dipping and dodging through Sri Lankan traffic in

> motorized tuk-tuks, discussing the purpose of life with a Buddhist monk and

> finally relaxing in a traditional Finnish sauna. Along the way, they

> reunite

> with old friends, expand the isolated world of a talented young painter and

> make new allies in their cause.

>

> From beginning to end, Thresher and Bissonnette inspire parents and young

> men and women with autism with a poignant narrative of personal struggle

> that always rings with intelligence, humor, hope and courage.

>

> http://www.wretchesandjabberers.org/screenings.php

>

> Screenings

>

>

>

>

>

>

> --

> Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt. - Special

> Olympics Motto-RIP Eunice Kennedy Shriver

>

> “When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow

> strong

> in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.-Author Unknown

>

> " Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can

> understand persistence. " - Hal Borland

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing Liz,

LOVE IT!!!!!!!

:-)

Subject: Fwd: [LehighValleyAutismVoices] Film - Wretchers & Jabbers

To: " LVAV " <LehighValleyAutismVoices >, " DS-AUTISM "

< >

Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2010, 7:09 PM

Hopefully, this film will eventually come  to Pennsylvania!

http://www.wretchesandjabberers.org/

Wretchers & Jabbers

Click on " Watch the Trailer "

Closed Captioning is available for the trailer

http://www.wretchesandjabberers.org/about.php

About the film

In *Wretches & Jabberers: And Stories from the Road*, two men with autism

embark on a global quest to change attitudes about disability and

intelligence. Determined to put a new face on autism, Thresher, 42,

and Larry Bissonnette, 52, travel to Sri Lanka, Japan and Finland. At each

stop, they dissect public attitudes about autism and issue a hopeful

challenge to reconsider competency and the future.

Growing up, Thresher and Bissonnette were presumed “retarded†and excluded

from normal schooling. With limited speech, they both faced lives of social

isolation in mental institutions or adult disability centers. When they

learned as adults to communicate by typing, their lives changed

dramatically. Their world tour message is that the same possibility exists

for others like themselves.

Between moving and transformative encounters with young men and women with

autism, parents and students, Thresher and Bissonnette take time to explore

local sights and culture; dipping and dodging through Sri Lankan traffic in

motorized tuk-tuks, discussing the purpose of life with a Buddhist monk and

finally relaxing in a traditional Finnish sauna. Along the way, they reunite

with old friends, expand the isolated world of a talented young painter and

make new allies in their cause.

From beginning to end, Thresher and Bissonnette inspire parents and young

men and women with autism with a poignant narrative of personal struggle

that always rings with intelligence, humor, hope and courage.

http://www.wretchesandjabberers.org/screenings.php

Screenings

--

Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt. - Special

Olympics Motto-RIP Eunice Kennedy Shriver

“When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong

in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.-Author Unknown

" Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can

understand persistence. "   - Hal Borland