LEADER 00000ngm a22004691i 4500 003 CaSfKAN 005 20140801123731.0 006 m o c 007 vz uzazuu 007 cr una---unuuu 008 140819p20142013cau094 o vleng d 028 52 1097114|bKanopy 035 (OCoLC)897770745 040 UtOrBLW|beng|erda|cUtOrBLW 043 a-ce---|aa-ja---|ae-fi--- 099 Streaming Video Kanopy 245 00 Wretches and jabberers.|h[Kanopy electronic resource] 264 1 [San Francisco, California, USA] :|bKanopy Streaming, |c2014. 300 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 94 min., 27 sec.) :|bdigital, .flv file, sound 336 two-dimensional moving image|btdi|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital 347 video file|bMPEG-4|bFlash 500 Title from title frames. 518 Originally produced by State of the Art in 2013. 520 In Wretches and jabberers, two men with autism embark on a global quest to change attitudes about disability and intelligence. Determined to put a new face on autism, Tracy Thresher, 42, and Larry Bissonnette, 52, travel to Sri Lanka, Japan and Finland. At each stop, they dissect public attitudes about autism and issue a hopeful challenge to reconsider competency and the future. Growing up, Thresher and Bissonnette were presumed "retarded" and excluded from normal schooling. With limited speech, they both faced lives of social isolation in mental institutions or adult disability centers. When they learned as adults to communicate by typing, their lives changed dramatically. Their world tour message is that the same possibility exists for others like themselves. Between moving and transformative encounters with young men and women with autism, parents and students, Thresher and Bissonnette take time to explore local sights and culture; dipping and dodging through Sri Lankan traffic in motorized tuk-tuks, discussing the purpose of life with a Buddhist monk and finally relaxing in a traditional Finnish sauna. Along the way, they reunite with old friends, expand the isolated world of a talented young painter and make new allies in their cause. From beginning to end, Thresher and Bissonnette inspire parents and young men and women with autism with a poignant narrative of personal struggle that always rings with intelligence, humor, hope and courage. Directed by Gerardine Wurzburg. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 Thresher, Tracy. 600 10 Bissonnette, Larry. 650 0 Autism people. 650 0 Autism. 650 0 Documentary films. 651 0 Sri Lanka. 651 0 Japan. 651 0 Finland. 655 7 Documentary films.|2lcgft 655 7 Television films.|2lcgft 700 1 Wurzburg, Gerardine,|efilm director. 710 2 Kanopy (Firm) 856 40 |uhttps://naperville.kanopy.com/node/97115|zAvailable on Kanopy 856 42 |zCover Image|uhttps://www.kanopy.com/node/97115/external- image