Arts House Listening Program

(Film): Culture expressed through gesture, sensations all over, and the way the world understands itself: we don’t want to put anything in here that doesn’t make it better. --- I wanted to obscure the meaning for the audience, because my experience of autism feels obscure for me. I asked everyone the hardest political questions that I don’t know the answer to. Many of them are not even in my minority. They all reported being put on the spot was quite confronting for them. Even though they understand deeply what autism and stimming means, under the lens of examination and the glare of the spotlights, they found it hard to find the words to answer these questions. That’s why there is so much giggling. I didn’t want to tell anyone what to think. It’s easy to have a closed conversation, I want to open the conversation. I want to express culture through gesture, the words are secondary to me. Because when I hear people talk in real life I listen first to their body. I asked a neuroscientist, OT, support workers