ARW – Project France

ShareThe week of January 23rd to January 29th 2012 can be regarded as a landmark week for “Support the Wall – Autism”. Following the articles published in the New York Times and in the International Herald Tribune, this week confirmed the interest of the global autism community for the story of the film “The Wall” and more largely the issues faced by autism in France. Jan. 24, 2012 “Support The Wall – Autism” and “Collectif Soutenons Le Mur” release funny [...]

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)

Share“The Wall: Psychoanalysis put to the test for autism”, is a French documentary filmed by Sophie Robert. It describes the misuse of the psychoanalitic approach of autism in France and the discriminations of autistic children in France. This document provides a summary of the movement and the legal battle for December 2011. December 2011 has been an extremely dense month for the movement with parents rallying on Dec. 8th in Lille and Paris for the court hearing, a strong campaign [...]

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 [...]

ShareJoël De Ceulaer has published on Dec. 3rd 2011 in the Dutch speaking Belgian newspaper “De Standaard” an article titled “Is psychoanalyse een pseudowetenschap?”, in english “Is Psychoanalysis a pseudoscience?” He discusses the legal battle surrounding “The Wall” of Sophie Robert and talks about the situation of psychoanalysis in Belgium. Excerpt(Translation): “The front against Freud There is a law suit in France against a documentary in which a number of acclaimed psychoanalysts are pointed at. In our country, the struggle [...]