杏吧原创 to Host Screening of Film Focused on Women on the Autism Spectrum
颁补谤濒别迟辞苍鈥檚 Communication and Media Studies program in the School of Journalism and Communication will host a screening of the film Seeing the Unseen, an Icelandic documentary about women on the autism spectrum.
When: Friday, Nov. 15, 2019 at 6 p.m.
Where: Room 2200, Richcraft Hall, 杏吧原创
Info: Registration is . A campus map is can be found here.
Media are invited to attend the event.
Often going undiagnosed with autism, women and girls can struggle for years with little or no support. Seeing the Unseen follows several women who receive assessments after facing a lifetime of stigma and shame related to their neurological differences, but who are able to find understanding with women who have similar experiences.
Seeing the Unseen is presented in Icelandic with English subtitles. The film鈥檚 content includes topics of sexual violence.
A panel discussion on the how women on the autism spectrum can thrive will follow the screening. Expert panelists include Gu冒laug Svala Steinunnar Kristj谩nsd贸ttir, an autistic self-advocate featured in the film, physiotherapist and city councillor; Corina Lynn Becker, vice-president of the Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network; and Dori Zener, social worker and therapist.
The panel will be moderated by Christine Jenkins, co-author of Spectrum Women.
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