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Share  Following the court decision of January 26, 2012 against Sophie Robert, the attorney Nicolas Benoit, representing Sophie Robert and her company Ocean Invisible Productions, formally summoned “Support the Wall – Autism” on February 22, 2012 to remove the video of the documentary “The Wall” and all excerpts from supportthewall.org, soutenonslemur.org and from the Youtube account of Soutenons Le Mur. Despite a conditional acceptance of the site editor, Mr. Benoit sent a request on March 28, 2012 to Youtube to [...]

ShareOn February 23 2012, the NGO Disability Rights International alleged torturous practice against children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in France. It viewed Packing, the wrapping of kids in wet frozen sheets, as torture. On March 13, 2012, the organization released a new statement in reaction to the guidance (best practice guide) of the French Higher Health Authority which declared it is “strongly opposed” to packing, while allowing it for research purposes (see The Connexion article). Disability Rights International, rightly, does [...]

ShareCouple days ago, our sister organization “Collectif Soutenons Le Mur” published on its website a document detailing the reply of the French UMP (the government’s party) to an open letter they had sent to the Socialist Party on packing two months prior. This document is the translation of their analysis and quotes from the letter of  Jean-François Copé, General Secretary of the UMP. —— Surprise in this morning’s mail. Jean-François Copé, General Secretary of the UMP has remembered us and [...]

Share This is the translation of a message of support to the bill proposed by Daniel Fasquelle, French GOP representative. This message was transmited by Evelyne Friedel, vice president of Autism Europe and published January 31, 2012 on the representatives’s blog. As the Vice President of Autism Europe, and on behalf of our international association, I wanted to inform you of the support of our international organization to your bill which intends to remove the psychoanalytic practices in the treatment [...]

Share The French NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) issued on Feb. 7th 2012 a communique in reaction to the censorship face by the film “The Wall” after a court décision. Reporters Without Borders is deeply disturbed by the precedent that a court in the northern city of Lille set on 26 January when it ordered documentary filmmaker Sophie Robert to remove interviews with three psychoanalysts from her film about the treatment of autism and to pay them a large sum [...]

ShareWe are releasing below a translation of the Court Decision of Jan. 26, 2012 “The Wall” (Sophie Robert) vs. Psychoanalysts issued by the District Court of Lille (France). Analysis: The court rejects the request to nullify the summons, The court states that the psychoanalysts are not co-authors, The court asserts that the rights as an author are limited to the obligation to ensure that the views of the people interviewed are not distorted The court stated that Sophie Robert & [...]

Share You will find below the material distributed at our Press Conference in New York City on Jan. 26th 2012. Both files are in PDF format. These documents contain the speech of Sophie Robert (beside her reaction to the court decision) and the background information on Autism in France provided by David Heurtevent The presentation The media kit

Share      OFFICIAL – Support The Wall http://www.supportthewall.org, Twitter : @SoutenonsLeMur Re: Press Conference of Sophie Robert & David Heurtevent to be held in English in Manhattan, New York City (NY, USA) on Thursday January 26, 2012 à 3 PM EVENT Date: Jan. 26, 2012 Schedule: 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM – Eastern (New York time) English Press conference by: Sophie Robert, filmmaker of “The Wall: Psychoanalysis put to the test for autism” David Heurtevent, co-founder of “Support the [...]

ShareWe are relaying a translation of an official statement made by Sophie Robert, the author of the documentary “The Wall: psychoanalysis put to the test for autism”. This statement was first released in French on Dec 21st on her official website. — Complete translation thanks to Carole Contaut A presentation of my film: « The Wall » By Sophie Robert In order to transpose better the reality of psychoanalysis today, I decided to work on a documentary series instead of [...]

ShareWe are relaying a response of Sophie Robert to the various attacks online and offline by psychoanalysts and psychiatrists on her documentary “The Wall: Psychoanalysis put to the test for Autism” This document was first released in French on December 21st 2011 on her official website —- Complete translation thanks to Carole Contaut The documentary genre in danger: an answer to psychoanalysts By Sophie Robert, Director of the film “The Wall: Psychoanalysis put to the test for autism” My film [...]