SPELLERS - the movie!!

A couple weeks ago I found out that the amazing and uplifting book that I read, Underestimated, An Autism Miracle by JB Handley and Jamie Handley was turned into a MOVIE!!!!!!  It's a documentary about Jamie and other spellers who have worked with DM in San Diego.  

This weekend coming up, the movie is debuting at the Phoenix Film Festival with multiple showings April 1 - 2nd.  If you live in Phoenix,  you can be a part of the ACTION!!!  There are multiple activities going on with the film festival and it all sounds like a lot of fun.

Don't be sad if you can't be in Phoenix this weekend, because the production company of the movie is allowing parents and practitioners  to HOST the movie in our own areas after April 20th.

This is AMAZING news for Found My Voice, Inc as we are opening in May.   We are HOSTING a showing of the movie on Wednesday, May 10th 2023 at 7pm.  Classic Cinema Kendall 11 95 Fifth Street Oswego, IL 60543   Tickets for the event are FREE, but you MUST register for a ticket prior to the movie.  The theater is NOT selling tickets - you can only get the tickets online, but again they are FREE.  Click here for tickets:  https://kinema.com/events/spellers-weewek

The concession stand will be open too!  (Disclaimer - Found My Voice, Inc is paying for the movie theater rental and movie tickets for all attendees and we are not profiting from concession sales, but we would like you to support the movie theater!)  
If we have enough interest, we will be holding another showing of the movie in June 2023 as well.  

I really truly believe in this cause and I know that after working with so many non-speakers in a school setting that these children, young adults and adults deserve better.  SO MUCH BETTER than what they are getting from their typical educational settings.  No person or institution has the right to tell you how to communicate and what is best for you.  Spelling to communicate works!  (www.I-ASC.org has documentation available for you on their website)  Speakers should want better for non-speakers as well.  Everyone deserves to be able to communicate in whatever method works for them.  For some it is ASL or an iPad and NOW we are going to show the world that SPELLERS deserve the same respect.  This is HUGE and I hope you want to be a part of this amazing movement.  I feel blessed and grateful to the families that want better for their children.  The world needs acceptance and more understanding for those with neurodivergences (thinking differently). 

Non-speakers do not have a choice to not speak - they have a brain body disconnect called apraxia that is not allowing them to speak.  It's not their fault that they cannot speak, but they ARE intelligent and they do have wants and needs like EVERYONE ELSE.  

 Be kind.....everyone is going through SOMETHING whether you know it or not.

May 10th at 7pm SPELLERS Movie:  https://kinema.com/events/spellers-weewek

I hope to see you there!  Please feel free to message or email me with any questions.  [email protected]