Empathy through Film: Annual Disability Film Festival at Pace University Engages Non-Autistic Students

• By: Dr. James P. Lawler Pace University
• July 9th, 2025
• acceptance, advocacy, authentic representation, college, film media, higher education, neurodiversity, Summer 2025 Issue
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Colleges do not contribute enough education about autistics. Films about autistics can be effective, however, in impactful learning for non-autistic students. Pace University is doing this by engaging non-autistic students through an annual Celebration of People with Disabilities in Art, Films and...