Special Film Show on International Day of Persons with Disabilities: December 3
I’m Special, My World Is Different
An Internationally Acclaimed Short Documentary by Deepak Parvatiyar
Winner of First Prize @ the AutisMovie Festival Internazionale di Cortometraggi sull’Autismo, Italy, 2013
Familius official selection @ Familius International Film Festival, USA
Specially invited for preview @ Reelabilities Film Festival, New York
Previewed @ Athena Film Festival, New York
Screened @ We Care Film Festival, New Delhi
Special Screening @ Parvaz International Film Festival, Tehran
Special Screening @ India International Centre, New Delhi
The film, I’m Special: My World Is Different, is a short documentary of 06:08 minutes duration that captures the life of an autistic child, Sunny D’Costa, who lives in Ahmedabad, India. Sunny was about two-and-a-half years old when his parents realised that he was not responding to them. They took him to doctors and finally it was diagnosed that he was autistic – something that they had never heard of before.
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Sunny’s story is the story of love and care and Hope. The way the entire family including Sunny’s parents and his younger sister have taken care of an autistic child is exemplary. It is also the story of a mother’s love for her child and how she sacrifices her life to ensure Sunny is not neglected. She has faith and regularly takes Sunny to church and temples. She also teaches Sunny to pray. The parents have examples of autistic personalities such as Thomas Alva Edison, Mozart, Albert Einstein and they think one day Sunny too can be a great person like them. But more than nurturing such ambitions, what the entire family demands is a little space for their son, where he can develop with love and care. They find Sunny’s love unconditional and want to reciprocate the same to the 12-year-old child.
The film is directed by Deepak Parvatiyar. It conveys the message that autism does not mean the end of a life but an autistic child is as loveable and as caring as a normal child. Autistic children need extra care and love, and they do reciprocate love and affection. They can also be great achievers in life and what they need is recognition of their talent at an early age. If you like this short film then please share it with your friends for the cause of autistic children who face discrimination and isolation.
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