Tracy Thresher, left, and Larry Bissonnette traveled the globe to discuss their personal struggles with autism
The Autism Society has been celebrating April as National Autism Awareness Month since the 1970s. It is a time for educating the public about the disorder and the issues that are foremost in the growing autism community. In December 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that the prevalence of autism had risen to one in every 110 births in the United States — and about one in 70 boys.
When Larry Bissonnette and Tracy Thresher were youngsters, little was known about autism. Larry and countless others were institutionalized and treated as if they were mentally retarded. Upon watching Academy Award-winning producer-director Gerardine Wurzburg’s documentary “Wretches & Jabberers,” one quickly realizes nothing could be further from the truth. In partnership with the Autism Society, “Wretches & Jabberers” opens in April in AMC Theatres across 40 cities, with Thresher...
The Autism Society has been celebrating April as National Autism Awareness Month since the 1970s. It is a time for educating the public about the disorder and the issues that are foremost in the growing autism community. In December 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that the prevalence of autism had risen to one in every 110 births in the United States — and about one in 70 boys.
When Larry Bissonnette and Tracy Thresher were youngsters, little was known about autism. Larry and countless others were institutionalized and treated as if they were mentally retarded. Upon watching Academy Award-winning producer-director Gerardine Wurzburg’s documentary “Wretches & Jabberers,” one quickly realizes nothing could be further from the truth. In partnership with the Autism Society, “Wretches & Jabberers” opens in April in AMC Theatres across 40 cities, with Thresher...
- 3/31/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Tracy Thresher, left, and Larry Bissonnette traveled the globe to discuss their personal struggles with autism
The Autism Society has been celebrating April as National Autism Awareness Month since the 1970s. It is a time for educating the public about the disorder and the issues that are foremost in the growing autism community. In December 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that the prevalence of autism had risen to one in every 110 births in the United States — and about one in 70 boys.
When Larry Bissonnette and Tracy Thresher were youngsters, little was known about autism. Larry and countless others were institutionalized and treated as if they were mentally retarded. Upon watching Academy Award-winning producer-director Gerardine Wurzburg’s documentary “Wretches & Jabberers,” one quickly realizes nothing could be further from the truth. In partnership with the Autism Society, “Wretches & Jabberers” opens in April in AMC Theatres across 40 cities, with Thresher...
The Autism Society has been celebrating April as National Autism Awareness Month since the 1970s. It is a time for educating the public about the disorder and the issues that are foremost in the growing autism community. In December 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that the prevalence of autism had risen to one in every 110 births in the United States — and about one in 70 boys.
When Larry Bissonnette and Tracy Thresher were youngsters, little was known about autism. Larry and countless others were institutionalized and treated as if they were mentally retarded. Upon watching Academy Award-winning producer-director Gerardine Wurzburg’s documentary “Wretches & Jabberers,” one quickly realizes nothing could be further from the truth. In partnership with the Autism Society, “Wretches & Jabberers” opens in April in AMC Theatres across 40 cities, with Thresher...
- 3/31/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
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