Loving Lampposts

Loving Lampposts
Directed by Todd Drezner
Running time
 84 minutes

Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic is a 2010 documentary film directed by Todd Drezner, exploring the neurodiversity movement and the principle of autism acceptance through a series of interviews and candid footage.[1][2][3] Drezner is the father of an autistic child whose attachment to and fascination with lampposts gave the film its title.[4]

Background

In Loving Lampposts, Drezner interviews several neurodiversity advocates and autistic activists about their views on autism, including Sharisa Joy Kochmeister, nonspeaking autistic activist and former president of the Autism National Committee; Kassiane Asasumasu, autistic activist and blogger; Dora Raymaker, autistic activist and co-director of the Academic Autistic Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education, originally a project of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network; Phil Schwarz, an autistic activist affiliated with Autism Network International who is also the father of an autistic son; Stephen Shore, a formerly nonspeaking autistic person who is now a professor of special education at Adelphi University; anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker, father of an autistic child; Estée Klar, creator of The Autism Acceptance Project; and English professor and blogger Kristina Chew, mother of an autistic child.[1][5] Loving Lampposts also features interviews with parents and autism professionals opposed to the neurodiversity movement, who instead support finding treatments or a cure for autism, including Jenny McCarthy and Doreen Granpeesheh.[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 ""Loving Lampposts," A Groundbreaking Documentary About Autism, Love, and Acceptance | NeuroTribes". NeuroTribes. 2011-03-29. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  2. ↑ Drezner, Todd (2010-05-28), Loving Lampposts, Nadine Antonelli, Simon Baron-Cohen, Billy, retrieved 2018-05-20
  3. ↑ "Anti-Vaccine Film, Pulled From Tribeca Film Festival, Draws Crowd at Showing". The New York Times. 2016-04-01. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  4. ↑ "Movie Review: Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic". Psychology Today. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  5. 1 2 "Loving lampposts". Left Brain Right Brain. 2011-03-30. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
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