Fwd: Autism Society of Miami is honored to host Wretches & Jabberers(spread the news)

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> Some exciting news to share with everyone! The National Autism Society has

selected the Autism Society of MIAMI-DADE as one of their top 10 cities to

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> Wretches & Jabberers

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> This a documentary about two adults with autism who travel the world using

a communication device to help them speak.

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> ~Please join us for this very special screening on~

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> April 2, 2011 (World Autism Day)

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> Sunset Place Theaters - 12:00 Noon showing

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> please watch the 3 minute trailer for this movie, you'll love it!!!!

> www.wretchesandjabberers.com <http://www.wretchesandjabberers.com/>

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> Autism Society Partners with " Wretches & Jabberers " to Commemorate National

Autism Awareness Month in April 2011 with Nationwide Theatrical Releases

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> Bethesda, MD (January 11, 2011) - The Autism Society is partnering with

Academy Award®-winning director Gerardine Wurzburg to release her feature

length documentary Wretches & Jabberers during National Autism Awareness Month

in April 2011. The organizations will team with Area32a distribution to offer

screenings of Wretches & Jabberers across the United States in April, which is

National Autism Awareness Month around the world. These " movievents " will

include a screening of the film and a live panel discussion featuring

Thresher and Larry Bissonnette, the film's featured self-advocates with autism,

along with autism educators and family members who live with the challenges of

autism on a daily basis.

> " Wretches & Jabberers is a provocative mix of self-advocacy, personal

narrative and travel adventure film that highlights the important needs of

adults with autism, a group completely unrepresented on the world stage, " said

Lee Grossman, President and CEO of the Autism Society. " We are proud to feature

the film as this year's premier activity for National Autism Awareness Month in

April. "

> " We are thrilled to partner with the Autism Society and be part of the

organization's call to action for the full inclusion of adults with autism in

their communities, " said Wurzburg. " Larry and 's journey allowed us to

portray the global face of autism, and now audiences across the U.S. will be

able share in their story and better understand adults whose lives are affected

by autism. "

> Wretches & Jabberers is produced by Biklen and Gerardine Wurzburg,

who won the 1993 Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short Subject for her HBO

film Educating and was again nominated in 2005 in the same category for

Autism Is a World. The film is funded by the Hussman Foundation, which provides

life-changing assistance through medical research, education, and direct aid to

vulnerable individuals having urgent needs or significant disabilities. The

Wretches & Jabberers album was released on iTunes January 11, 2011, and a share

of the profits will be donated to the Autism Society. For more information,

visit www.wretchesandjabberers.org <http://www.wretchesandjabberers.org/> .

> About the Film

> Directed by Academy Award® winner Gerardine Wurzburg (Educating ),

Wretches & Jabberers follows two men with autism, Thresher and Larry

Bissonnette, who embark on a global quest to change attitudes about disability

and intelligence. Determined to put a new face on autism, the men travel to Sri

Lanka, Japan and Finland, where at each stop they challenge public attitudes

about autism and issue a hopeful message to reconsider competency. A poignant

narrative of personal struggle that rings with intelligence, humor, hope and

courage, Wretches & Jabberers is about the life-sustaining power of

relationships - the personal connections that people make through communication.

> About the Autism Society

> The Autism Society, the nation's leading grassroots autism organization,

exists to improve the lives of all affected by autism. Together with over 150

chapters nationwide, the Autism Society increases public awareness about the

day-to-day issues faced by people on the spectrum, advocates for appropriate

services for individuals across the lifespan, and provides the latest

information regarding treatment, education, research and advocacy. For more

information, visit www.autism-society.org <http://www.autism-society.org/> .

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> About The Autism Society of MIami-Dade Chapter

> The Autism Society of Miami is chapter of the Autism Society (National), we

are a parent-based, volunteer organization. Our mission is simple, we are a

group of caring people who are dedicated to providing support and promoting

opportunitites to enhance the lives of individuals within the autism spectrum

and their familes and cargivers. The Autism Society of Miami-Dade believes that

ALL individuals within the autism spectrum can make a unique contribution to his

or her family and community. We were founded in 1965 by a father of a child with

autism, Dr. Bernard Rimland. We are a 501 (3) © organization and we survive

through private donations. We are a " Give Back " organization which means we

give back the funds we raise to individuals with autism and their families right

here in Miami. www.autismsocietymiami.org <http://www.autismsocietymiami.org/>

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> Contact:

> The Autism Society of Miami-Dade

> Becerra, President

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> P.O. Box 771706

> Miami, Florida 33177

> tbecerra19@...

> www.autismsocieymiami.org <http://www.autismsocieymiami.org/>

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