ARW – Project France

ShareFrench Prime Minister François Fillon has decided that Autism will be the National Cause of 2012 (“Grande Cause Nationale”). Speaking at the French House of Representative (“Assemblée Nationale”) on Dec. 21st 2011, he declared: “This distinction is a message of hope for the persons with autism and their family. By awarding this National cause, we want to tell them that we will fight together the long-lasting ignorance and the prejudice about autism in our country. Thus, we will fulfill our [...]

ShareDan Olmsted Hysteria, editor of the American web newspaper “Autism News” mentioned “The Wall” – “Le Mur” in an article on Dec. 15th 2011. His article is titled “Autism, and the Durability of Sheer Nonsense”. Excerpt: “There’s the American Psychiatric Association’s re-jiggering of the upcoming DSM-V so that the parameters of autistic disorder will change, fuzzing the real increase and making its environmental nature harder to discern. Then there’s French psychiatrists banning a documentary called The Wall, which portrays them [...]

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 [...]

Share Chantal Sicile-Kira, autism specialist and author of “41 Things To Know About Autism” has published a post on her “Autism Advocate” blog on Psychology Today. The post is titled: “Judge to Hear Request to Ban Film About Autism. French Psychoanalysts try to ban film about Autism “The Wall”” Chantal Sicile-Kira describes the situation of autism in France and extends her post in the Huffington Post Read the post on Psychology Today

Share Chantal Cicile-Kira, Author and Founder of AutismCollege.com published on Dec. 5th 2011 on her “Huffington Post” Blog the first english-speaking article on affair surrounding “The Wall or psychoanalysis put to the test for autism” by Sophie Robert. She describes the situation of harsh treatments in autism in France. She writes: “Psychoanalysts have a stronghold in France for the treatment of children despite the lack of any research showing progress in their expensive psychiatric day programs paid for by government [...]

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 [...]

ShareThe French satiric political weekly Canard Enchaîné has published an article on Nov. 30th 2011. Excerpt: “Here is one of the amazingly silly statements from the “Wall” a documentary by Sophie Robert on autism. Science has proved the physiological origins of this disease. Yet in France some psychoanalytical and psychiatry schools continue to blame bad parenting”. You can view the French article here Complete translation of the article by Carole Contaut Originally published on autisteenfrance.over-blog.com Autism : c’est fou ! [...]

ShareThe acclaimed French Magazine L’Express published on Nov. 18th, 2011, an article explaining the legal action of psychoanalysts against the documentary “The Wall or psychoanalysis put to the test for autism” by Sophie Robert. Excerpts: “A legal battle is starting around the movie “Le mur, ou la psychanalyse à l’épreuve de l’autisme”, which conclude in the failure of psychoanalysis for autistic children. The “packing” is a technique consisting in wrapping children in wet towels and is viewed as “barbaric” by [...]

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 [...]

ShareTranslation of an article published in the French Newspaper “Le Monde” on November 14th 2011. A mother kills her autistic son before committing suicide (in France) A mother of Martigues (South of France) killed her 6 year-old autistic son before hanging herself on Saturday, according to sources close to the investigation quoted by AFP. The father called the emergency after discovering the lifeless body of his 40 year-old wife and his son. According to preliminary investigation, this couple of Indian [...]