Interview by M. Kelter theinvisiblestrings.com Anlor Davin is the author of the upcoming memoir, Being Seen. In her book, she describes lifelong struggles with “sensory chaos” and social pragmatics, all of which culminated in an adulthood diagnosis of autism. She was raised in France, but later immigrated to the United States. We recently spoke via email about […]
Shameful shamefuldocumentary.com Alex Plank and NoahTrevino are wrapping up editing on a documentary film entitled “Shameful”, which reveals the negative treatment and educational neglect of autistic youth in France, and the dramatic effect it has on those families. They traveled throughout France for over a month interviewing parents and meeting young autistic children in their
David Heurtevent www.supportthewall.org France’s population is about 65 million. Assuming an autism prevalence of about 1 in 110, approximately 590,000 autistics live in France. The French education system contains about 13 million students in a two-tiered educational system: most children attend schools overseen by the Ministry of National Education, but approximately 100,000 students found to
