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Countway Cinema: The Reason I Jump

August 2nd, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Virtual In Person
Photo of a boy looking to the left in front of a colorful sky with the words "The reason I jump" written in white to the right.

Countway and the Disability in Medicine and Dentistry Working Group invite you to attend a Countway Cinema screening and panel discussion of the award-winning film “The Reason I Jump.”

Learn more and register for free at countway.info/jump.

About the Film:

Based on the best-selling book by Naoki Higashida, later translated into English by author David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas), #TheReasonIJump is an immersive cinematic exploration of neurodiversity through the experiences of nonspeaking autistic people from around the world. The film blends Higashida’s revelatory insights into autism, written when he was just 13, with intimate portraits of five remarkable young people. It opens a window for audiences into an intense and overwhelming, but often joyful, sensory universe.

About the Panelists: 

Amy K. Weinstock
Director, Insurance Resource Center for Autism and Behavioral HealthInstructor, Department of PsychiatryUMass Medical School

Gyasi Burks-Abbott
LEND Program Faculty, Boston Children’s Hospital/UMass Boston Institute for Community Inclusion

Logan Beyer, BA
MD-PhD student, Harvard Medical School

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Details

Date: August 2nd, 2023
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Calendars: Public Events, School-wide Events, University-wide Events
Event types: Lectures / Seminars / Forums, Social and Community-building Events

Venue

Longwood Campus
Countway Library Room 102
Virtual In Person

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