{"id":122,"date":"2020-10-19T17:32:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T00:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/?p=122"},"modified":"2020-10-19T17:33:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T00:33:54","slug":"respect-inclusivity-and-neurodiversity-pixars-short-film-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/respect-inclusivity-and-neurodiversity-pixars-short-film-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"Respect, Inclusivity, and Neurodiversity: Pixar&#8217;s Short Film &#8216;Loop&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pixar&#039;s &#039;Loop&#039; gives an autistic lead character a powerful voice\" width=\"863\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JrO639lX8Uc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever had a challenge communicating with someone else? In Pixar&#8217;s short film &#8216;Loop&#8217;, two teens learn to communicate with each other. One of the characters, Rene, is on the autism spectrum and is non-verbal. We discussed how just because someone thinks differently or sounds different than we do, that doesn&#8217;t mean that they do not deserve our respect and kindness.<\/p>\n<p>We also learned about Temple Grandin, a woman who famously wrote <em>Thinking In Pictures<\/em> about her life as a female scientist on the autism spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn more, feel free to watch the interview with the film-makers above. And if you have a Disney+ account, you can find &#8216;Loop&#8217; under the Pixar SparkShorts section!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever had a challenge communicating with someone else? In Pixar&#8217;s short film &#8216;Loop&#8217;, two teens learn to communicate with each other. One of the characters, Rene, is on the autism spectrum and is non-verbal. We discussed how just because someone thinks differently or sounds different than we do, that doesn&#8217;t mean that they &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/respect-inclusivity-and-neurodiversity-pixars-short-film-loop\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Respect, Inclusivity, and Neurodiversity: Pixar&#8217;s Short Film &#8216;Loop&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8574,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}