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MEDIA
CONTACT:
Toni
Wolf
561-297-3029,
twolf4@fau.edu
FAU’s Center for Autism and Related Disabilities to Host Film Screening
BOCA RATON, FL (May 9, 2011) -
Florida
Atlantic University’s Center for Autism and Related
Disabilities (CARD) will host a film screening of “Wretches
and Jabberers: 100 Cities, One Night for Autism” on Thursday,
May 12, at 7:30 p.m., at Muvico Parisian 20 at City Place in West
Palm Beach. The staff of FAU’s CARD will introduce the
film and hold a question and answer session after the film.
Regular ticket prices will apply.
The film, directed by Gerardine Wurzburg, will be shown in limited
release to 100 cities worldwide. “Wretches and
Jabberers” features Tracy Thresher and Larry Bissonnette, two
men with autism who embark on a global journey to change attitudes
about disability and intelligence. Both men had difficulty
expressing themselves verbally until they discovered they could
communicate through typing. As they travel to Sri Lanka,
Japan and Finland, they advocate for inclusion and acceptance of
“another kind of intelligence.” They meet a
Finnish man with autism who tells them that people with limited
speech are wretches, and those who can speak freely are jabberers.
FAU CARD is headquartered in Boca Raton and, along with its
satellite office in Port St. Lucie, serves more than 2,000 families
in Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee
counties.
CARD provides a wide variety of free
services to children, parents, families, professionals, schools and
agencies that deal with autism that includes group and personal
consultations, training for children and adults with autism and
their families, referrals to community resources and support groups
for children, teens, parents and caregivers. The Center also
has a mobile screening unit, but does not provide direct therapy
nor advocacy services.
For more information, contact Jack Scott at 561-251-4104 or
jscott@fau.edu, or visit
www.coe.fau.edu/card
.
For
more information on the film, visit
www.wretchesandjabberers.org
.
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About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University , established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. In commemoration of its origin, FAU is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2011. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges : the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science . FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For more information, visit www.fau.edu .
