Loving Lampposts, a movie about autism
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009Filed under: Themes, Auties & Aspies, QuIrked Kids, Irked Videos
Here’s what Alicia Sparks, author of the Psych Central blog “Celebrity Psychings,” had to say about the film Loving Lampposts:
Todd Drezner, a Columbia University Film MFA graduate, is currently making Loving Lampposts, a film FilmStew.com says will “include a close-up look at ‘neurodiversity,’ a movement which posits that curing autism is something that is neither possible nor desirable.” As the father of a son diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, Drezner takes special interest in the subject and the film will reportedly feature celebrity advocates like Jenny McCarthy. (For those who’re interested, Loving Lampposts is Drezner’s directorial debut, but he also worked as an editor on I Paint Pictures, a 2007 documentary about a New York street artist with schizophrenia.)
