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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Gloria Macarenko), February 18, 2021.Jensen said "LISTEN" shows autistic people talking about why representation matters, and why society should not underestimate the abilities of autistic people.") This nonprofit organization claims on its website that Sia contacted the group to collaborate on a video to use for Music, but that she cut off contact following negative feedback from the CommunicationFirst team. ("She also encouraged people to watch a short film called " LISTEN" made by CommunicationFirst.Newsweek (Jon Jackson), February 22, 2021.(For more on the topic, I recommend starting with the short film produced by CommunicationFIRST and the essays by Mickayla and Hari Srinivasan.)") I won’t evaluate it as representation, as I believe that non-speaking autistic people should be leading that conversation. ("In the interest of fairness, I did watch Music for the sake of this piece.TIME Magazine (Sarah Kurchak), February 25, 2021.It’s only those tired old stereotypes that deserve to be crushed.") It is a fight with a predetermined winner, who isn’t you.' As the film’s final contributor, Hari Srinivasan, concludes: 'If you have a voice, you can use it to help bring dignity back for the members of the more marginalised autistics.' He says that we need to change the narrative around non-speaking autistics and improve visibility in society – and pop culture – so that more actors who might better fill a role like Music in Sia’s film can come to the fore and be seen, and I agree. You may relax, you may beg, you may play dead. 'Every escalation was blamed 100 per cent on me, no matter if they had just done something illegal to me, cornered me, taunted me, taken something I needed, whatever,' he says.
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Misrepresentation of non-speaking people leaves us more vulnerable to abuse.' American activist Cal Montgomery, meanwhile, describes the agony of being restrained. Not a word said escapes my so strong ears.' Another contributor, Damon Kirsebom, adds: 'To anyone who wishes to represent non-speaking people, I ask that you communicate with us directly. I may not show understanding in my face, but I know and understand. I hear everything people say to me or about me. In LISTEN, contributor Rhema Russell explains: 'Just because I cannot speak does not mean I don’t hear.
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It shows mostly non-speaking autistic people explaining why representation matters, and why society should not underestimate the abilities of autistic people.
#Listen and move free#
("hey encourage people to watch a short film called LISTEN made by non-profit organisation CommunicationFirst and free to stream online.The Independent (Helen Brown), February 25, 2021.It's impossible to hear that and not think, that is, yeah absolutely, and that's exactly what should be done.") People write about us a lot, but they don't listen to us.'. 'People talk about us a lot, but they're not listening. It's only five minutes long and it's really, really worth checking out. We heard from Bobby Shabangu and Rhema Russell. It's just 5 minutes long and it's from CommunicationFIRST. (starting at 2:25, video not captioned) ("It's worth looking up the whole film.BBC Radio (Mark Kermode & Simon Mayo), February 26, 2021.