Autism Is a World

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Autism Is a World (2004) is a short subject documentary film written by Sue Rubin, an autistic woman who learned to communicate via facilitated communication, directed by Geraldine Wurzburg and produced by the CNN cable network. It was nominated in the 77th annual Academy Awards for Best Documentary Short Subject.

The subject of this film is Sue Rubin, a woman with autism who was considered mentally retarded as a child. At the age of 13, she learned to express herself through a computer keyboard (or for short, facilitated communication), revealing that she was in fact highly intelligent. She went on to study history, specializing in Latin American History at Whittier College and write speeches about her life with autism. Director Wurzburg has called Rubin "the Helen Keller of her generation". [1]

Rubin's dialogue is narrated by actress Julianna Margulies.

[edit] External links

• Autism Is a World at the Internet Movie Database
• True believers (Los Angeles Times, February 18, 2005)