ARW – Project France

Share Don’t let “The Wall” and French children with autism be silenced! Congrats to the French movie “The Artist” (with Jean Dujardin et Bérénice Bejo) for their ten nominations at the Academy Awards. Tonight, we have decided to pay a special tribute to this French movie success, while saying that psys in Autism in France are really odd ! Psychoanalysts would be definitely be worth an award! “champion du monde”! Help us support the documentary “The Wall: psychoanalysis put to [...]

ShareThe acclaimed american-canadian website “Autism Today” awarded yesterday the “Autism Expert Lecture Series” first prize to Magali Pignard, a very active member of the “Collectif Soutenons Le Mur et Défendons les Droits de la Personne Autiste en France”. This prize goes to her very creative video on the situation of autism in France. The video is subtitled in English and is available on Youtube. Magali has asperger syndrome and is the mother of a non-verbal child with autism. Congrats Magali [...]

ShareAn 8-minutes video of the rally of Dec. 8th 2011 in Paris has surfaced on Youtube.

ShareYou can watch below a complete version of the documentary “The Wall or psychoanalysis put to the test for autism” directed by Sophie Robert. This version is an English subtitled version of the French movie “Le Mur ou la psychanalyse à l’épreuve de l’autisme” as released by Sophie Robert and Autistes Sans Frontières in September 2011. This 52 minutes documentary is the result of 4 years of investigation among psychiatrists and psychoanalysis practitioners in France. It evidences the perception and [...]

ShareOur sister organization “Collectif Soutenons Le Mur et Défendons les Droits de la Personne Autiste en France” was in charge of organizing simultaneous rallies in France (Paris and Lille) on December 8th 2011. Preparation of the rallies A bilingual press release had been issued officially on December 4th to call parent to rally in both cities. Tracts were also distributed to students in universities in Lille. Bilingual slogans had been prepared as well. The proposed slogans in English were the [...]

ShareThe French Regional TV station France 3 Nord Pas de Calais Picardie followed on the documentary story “The Wall or psychoanalysis put to the test for autism” by Sophie Robert. The newscast talks about the petition submitted by three of the psychoanalysts interviewed in the movie to have it banned. The journalist interviews Sophie Robert, the moviemaker, and Edith, the mom of an autistic child of the region. This video is in French but subtitled in English: The original video [...]

Share French Regional TV station “France 3 Nord Pas de Calais” covered the documentary “The Wall or Psychoanalysis put to the test for Autism” by Sophie Robert for the first time in the Lille area newscast on October 28th 2011. France 3 explains on the legal lawsuit introduced by three psychanalysts interviewed in the movie and the petition to seize the documentary dailies. For the movie maker, they do not take on their interviews and the journalist of France 3 [...]