ARW – Project France

ShareThe blog “Desde el más allá”on the spanish leading newspaper “El Mundo” published a post on the scandal surrounding “The Wall” on Feb. 12, 2012. The blog described “The Wall” as “a superb documentary about autism banned in France” and calls the views of the psychoanalysts “pure babble” and “absurd”. Excerpt: “The funny thing is that the interviewees complained that, during the editing process, their speech became unclear. False, it is abundantly clear that they are pure babble.” Read the [...]

ShareYvonne Jessey, North Philadelphia Autism & Parenting Examiner for Examiner.com, published on Feb. 1st 2012 an article which analyzes the role of mothers from a religious and genetic perspective. This article follows the presentation of “The Wall” at the ABAI conference on Jan 27th. Excerpt: “The film, Le Mur (The Wall), brought to light that, although this theory was proven to be nonsense, many people in France, particularly psychiatrists, still believe it to be true. Ms. Robert wanted to bring [...]

ShareMichael Yudell, associate professor in Public Health at Drexel University and an autism specialist, published a thorough article on the Public Health blog of the Philadelphia Inquirer. The article explains puts the story of “The Wall” in an historical perspective. Michael Yudell also interviews Evelyne Friedel, vice-president of Autism-Europe. The Philadelphia Inquirer is a leading newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 330,000. The website Philly.com itself is ranked 594 in the United States by Alexa. Excerpt: [...]

ShareThe International Center for Autism Research and Education (ICare4Autism), based in New York City, published on Jan. 30th 2012 an article about the court decision in “The Wall” scandal. The short blog entry, titled “France Still in the Dark Ages of Autism Treatment”, summarizes well the questions of the film and the larger questions about Autism in France. “A court case against a French filmmaker has brought attention to the questionable treatment of people affected by autism in France”. Read [...]

ShareAdynaton, a blogger from Finland, shared his feelings after viewing the film “The Wall” of Sophie Robert. “This particular documentary called Le Mur: La psychanalyse à l’épreuve de l’autisme really got my goat. [...] Awful people. Anyway, the second disturbing thing about the film is that my sources tell me that the film has been banned in France because the psychoanalysts’ feelings were hurt. The filmmaker, Sophie Robert, is now in a bit of trouble, although the ban should bring [...]

ShareThe web-media “The French Connection” published a blog entry on “The Wall” on Jan. 28th 2012, following the press conference in New York City. The entry is entitled “Dark Ages and abuse of children in France: “The Wall”, a documentary denouncing the treatment of autism in France censored and banned in court”. Read the entry about “The Wall” on The French Connection

ShareStuart Schneiderman, life coach living in New York City and former psychoanalyst, wrote a follow-up story with the court decision. His previous blog entry had been published on Jan. 21st 2012. In this blog entry titled “An Army of Mothers”, Stuart Schneiderman reviews the court decision and attempts to explain to Americans the implications of the case and the culture of psychoanalysts in France. He also believes that the “army of mothers”, that support the movie, will not be defeated. [...]

ShareDuring the week of January 16th to 22nd 2012, the campaign took a really international turn. International reactions January 17th, 2012 The autism community website, Wrongplanet, publishes a statement of David Heurtevent, co-founder of “Support the Wall: Autism”. The article goes somewhat viral. Within hours, it reaches 7000 views. In English: http://www.supportthewall.org/2012/01/interview-of-david-heurtevent-on-wrongplanet-autism-in-france-psychoanalysis-packing-and-other-travesties-why-it-matters/ January 19th, 2012 The global edition of the New York Times publishes a landmark article titled “A French Film Takes Issue With the Psychoanalytic Approach to Autism”. In [...]

ShareStuart Schneiderman is a psychotherapist living in New York and is a former psychoanalyst turned Life Coach specializing in Executive Coaching and Relationship Coaching. He is the author of numerous books and articles among them: Saving Face: America and the Politics of Shame. He has practiced psychotherapy or coaching for more than thirty years. Stuart published on Jan 21, 2012 a post on his blog “Had Enough Therapy?” titled “France and Psychoanalysis”. The author can be viewed as a well-informed [...]

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