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ShareThe week of Feb. 6 to Feb. 12, 2012 was mostly a European-centered week for “Support The Wall – Autism” and its sister organization “Collectif Soutenons Le Mur”. The NGO Reporters Without Borders issued a statement supporting Sophie Robert and considered that the court ruling is threatening documentary filmmaking in France”. The French Prime Minister organized a meeting with the French autism organizations to launch officially the “Grande Cause Nationale” P.R. campaign. He expressed the desire to launch a new [...]

ShareThe week of January 30th 2012 to February 5th 2012 was marked by a large response in France and abroad following the court decision censoring the film of Sophie Robert. “Support The Wall – Autism” and its sister organization “Collectif Soutenons Le Mur” received many support statements. On the international side, most statements came from scholars in top universities. On the French side, the largest French autism organizations (Autisme France, Autistes Sans Frontières, Agir & Vivre l’Autisme) and some belgian [...]

Share Because of psychoanalysis, many children and adults with autism in France are denied the support they really need. And what they need is education based on scientific knowledge about autism, not an approach that is based on a pseudoscientific approach like psychoanalysis. I fully support ” The Wall”. Dr. Peter Vermeulen, PhD Belgium Author of : Comment pense une personne autiste ? (Dunod, 2005) Comprendre les personnes autistes de haut niveau. De l’épreuve á la clinique. (Dunod, 2009) Autisme [...]

ShareThe leading dutch-speaking belgian newspaper “De Standaard” published an article on the court decision in the “The Wall” scandal on Jan. 28th, 2012. The article is titled “”This was misleading editing” Documentary filmmaker (in) justly condemned?”. It tries to weights whether it is or not a controversial verdict. Koen Lemmens, rights lawyer and professor at the VUB does not find the verdict controversial. On the opposite hand, Pol Deltour of the Flemish Association of Journalists sees a fundamental problem. Read [...]

ShareThe Dutch-speaking Belgian Newspaper “De Standaard” announced in an article published on Jan. 27, 2012 the verdict in the “Le Mur/The Wall” affair and the fact that Sophie Robert must pay damages to the plaintiffs. Read the article in De Standaard (in dutch)

ShareUpdated: Jan 23, 2012 January 9th 2012 A new video surfaces on the russian website Rutube. This video made in 1998 by CNAM is used apparently for teaching purposes in France. It shows Bernard Golse, one of the psychiatrists interviewed in “The Wall” putting blame on the parents for the autism of a child. It goes contrary to what Bernard Golse declared previously regarding the fact the Sophie Robert would have manipulated his real opinions on the origins of autism. [...]

Share Jan 1st 2012 The year of National Attention to Autism, organized by the French Government starts with a TV report on TF1, the main French TV Channel. The TV reports depicts the story of a family who pushed to school to accept their child with autism 2h30 per week ! In French: http://www.soutenonslemur.org/2012/01/01/tf1-journal-tlvis-de-20h-autisme-grande-cause-nationale/ The “Collectif Soutenons Le Mur” publishes its wishes: to end the use of psychoanalysis in Autism in France and to ban invasive care sur as packing. [...]

ShareThis document, is a faithful transcription, translated into English of most of the questions and answers on the very famous France live talk show “The Phone Rings” (“Telephone Sonne”) on French National Public Radio France Inter on January 4th 2012. Our sister organization “Collectif Soutenons Le Mur” launched an action the day before to call the station and to help increase the awareness on the difficulties of Autism in France.   Important Contextual Notes – David Heurtevent In France, the [...]

ShareTom Naegels, the Ombudsman of the Dutch speaking Belgian newspaper spoke out on Dec. 14th 2011 on the strong debate started by the article of Joël De Ceulaer on the 3rd in the same newspaper. In his article titled “De waarheid als overtuiging” (“Truth as a belief”), Tom Naegels regards the debate as an “hornet’s nest” and concludes that the first article was not “good enough”. We should note the intervention of Jacques Riley, Emeritus Professor, at UCL who compared [...]

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 [...]