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A Is for Autism

A child's crayon drawing of a striped house, a dog and a sister, captioned 'my house, my dog and sister'

Synopsis

A short glimpse into the world of autism, in which the words, drawings, music and animation are all contributed by autistic people. Every design comes from drawings by autistic children and adults, the narration is in their own voices, and the piano and flute music was specially recorded by two autistic performers, the pianist also composing some of it. Commissioned by Channel 4 for its Disabling World season.
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Details

Year
1992
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
11 min
Director
Tim Webb
Producer
Dick Arnall

Genre

Disabilities Experimental

Categories

Animation Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Finetake Productions for Channel 4

Contact: Finetake

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