Heart of the Festival: Vectors of Autism

Vectors of Autism: A Documentary about Laura Nagle was screened at the Sedona International Film Festival last week.

Yesterday it received the Heart of the Festival Award!

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I find it beautifully metaphorical that when our film about autism didn’t quite fit in, the festival created a new category so that Vectors was honoured for its sensitivity and its powerful message without changing a thing.

They accommodated our film and created a whole new award.

Now we just need a little more of life imitating art…

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Below is a link to a video of Laura and John receiving the Heart of the Festival Award. Go to 30:15 for the best part!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ow4pguxNjy0

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• Vectors of Autism: Wowing the Sedona International Film Festival and the AAIDD

• ‘Dear Teacher: A letter from H’ …Listening to Autism 13-year-old Style

• Vectors of Autism and Alone Together: thoughts on extending social understanding

• Be the Change… Vectors of Autism at the SFU Alone Together Film Festival

• Vectors of Autism: A short story of the Premier

• Supporting Diversity: The Vectors of Autism Project___________________________________________________

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About Leah Kelley, Ed.D.

Leah Kelley, M.Ed, Ed.D., Writer, Consultant, Activist, Speaker, and Educator, working with Teacher Candidates at UBC. Authors blog: 30 Days of Autism. Projects support social understanding, Neurodiversity paradigm, Disability Justice, and connecting Disability Studies in Education(DSE)to Educational Practice. Twitter: @leah_kelley Facebook: 30 Days of Autism: Leah Kelley

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8 Responses to Heart of the Festival: Vectors of Autism

Sue says:

March 4, 2013 at 10:07 pm

I love it.

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- Leah Kelley says:
  
  March 4, 2013 at 10:09 pm
  
  Thanks Sue! I think you and I both have goosebumps with our excitement!! Yay!!
  
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  - Sue says:
    
    March 4, 2013 at 10:43 pm
    
    Yes, we do! I shared it on Village of Support on FB and pinned it on Autism Stories too.
    
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  - Leah Kelley says:
    
    March 4, 2013 at 10:51 pm
    
    ((Sue)) ♥
    
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Stefanie says:

March 5, 2013 at 7:51 am

I was in a douctumarty about having autism it was in the New England film festively you can rent it or buy it on the Website I post the link so you can. Read about it

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stefanie says:

March 5, 2013 at 8:04 am

https://www.filmakers.com/index.php?a=filmDetail&filmID=1077

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