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Kids With Autism Become ‘Kids With Cameras’
A new documentary by The Polaris Group was just released called “Kids With Cameras.”
From the movie website http://www.kidswithcamerasmovie.com/:
Kids With Cameras follows the progress, challenges and triumphs of a group of autistic children participating in a film camp hosted by non-profit organization Actors for Autism, and taught by award-winning educator Brad Koepenick.
This one-hour documentary provides a window into revealing moments of he kids’ private lives – combined with interviews with their families – as they learn to express themselves through films, poems, painting and music.
Recent research – as well as testimonials from parents of the campers – indicates that developing the creative and acting abilities of autisti children significantly improves their communication and socialization skills, something that is frequently overlooked as a therapeutic tool.
Kids With Cameras takes viewers on an unforgettable journey of this process, poignantly demonstrating that creativity is an essential step to connect the increasing autistic population with the rest of their, and our, world.
Looks pretty cool! Here is a clip:
Kids With Cameras Trailer
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I really want to see this! It looks amazing.
You know HP has just released a series of PCs to help autistic kids be creative? It’s very cool.
I am by far no expert on autism, but have payed attention when the subject has come up in any way, over the years. My impression of this sensory over-load and difficulty processing information syndrome, that we call autism, can only be addressed in large part with non-verbal, creative tools. They are already having problems dealing with what is going on around them. What they need is outlet and expression. Before any human can heal, they must be able to identify what is going on with them and express what it is that they feel about it, in some way.(art) This aids in more understanding, which is a progressive flow. Finally at some point to realize that they are competent and able to deal with the symptoms. Compartmentalize these symptoms, to a time and area of their own life. Then having time to do other things, than constantly deal with those symptoms. Common sense can get us a long way, toward where we want to go, in dealing with that which plagues us!
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