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Le Silence Des Justes - They Made a Film About It: The Origins of The Specials
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They Made a Film About It: The Origins of The Specials
In 2019, the film Hors Normes (released internationally as The Specials) made millions of viewers laugh and cry. But four years earlier, in 2015, there was a first gesture — quieter, more personal: a 26-minute documentary, made by the same filmmakers, about a childhood friend who was on the verge of giving up. That friend is Stéphane Benhamou, founder of Le Silence des Justes.
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Le Silence Des Justes - Greta Thunberg: When Asperger's Becomes a "Superpower"
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Greta Thunberg: When Asperger's Becomes a "Superpower"
At age 11, Greta Thunberg stopped eating and stopped speaking for several months. What followed that silence went on to change how millions of people talk about both climate change and autism. Here's how a diagnosis, received in real pain, became — in her own words — a "superpower."
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Le Silence Des Justes - Around the World: Autism in Canada
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Around the World: Autism in Canada
After the United States and its 18-year-old "cliff," we head to Canada — a country that resembles its neighbor in one striking way: massive variation from one province to the next, almost as if it were 13 small countries rather than one. The difference? Universal healthcare, which changes part of the equation.
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Le Silence Des Justes - Around the World: Autism in the United States
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Around the World: Autism in the United States
In the United States, one word keeps coming up in conversations with families and researchers working on autism: the "cliff." It's not just a figure of speech — it's what actually happens to tens of thousands of autistic young people every year, right at the moment they leave high school. Here's how a country that produces the world's reference statistics on autism still manages to leave its own young adults without a safety net.
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Le Silence Des Justes - Kristian Schott: A Whole Life Before the Word Autism
Culture
Kristian Schott: A Whole Life Before the Word Autism
Kristian Schott learned to speak through opera. He learned to read at 15. And he only discovered he was autistic at age 40, after an entire life already built around the violin. His story doesn't follow any familiar arc about autism — because his began without that word, and only met it much later.
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Le Silence Des Justes - Rain Man: The Film That Revealed Autism to the World
Culture
Rain Man: The Film That Revealed Autism to the World
In 1988, a film did something no documentary had managed before: it put autism at the center of a global conversation. Rain Man was a massive critical and commercial success, revealed the existence of a real man as fascinating as he was unknown, and lastingly shaped — for better and for worse — how millions of viewers have perceived autism ever since. A look back, nearly forty years later.
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Le Silence Des Justes - Scolarisation à l'IME : de 30% à 90% en deux ans
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Scolarisation à l'IME : de 30% à 90% en deux ans
Dans un précédent article, on parlait de chiffres nationaux — dispositifs, réformes, tensions. En voici un qui vient de l'intérieur, et qui permet de mesurer ce que ces politiques donnent, une fois appliquées concrètement : à l'IME du Silence des Justes, le taux d'enfants scolarisés en milieu ordinaire est passé de 30% à 90% en deux ans. Voici comment, et ce que ça représente à l'échelle du pays.
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Le Silence Des Justes - Autisme et scolarisation en France : les chiffres de la rentrée
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Autisme et scolarisation en France : les chiffres de la rentrée
Chaque rentrée de septembre, la même question revient pour des dizaines de milliers de familles : mon enfant autiste aura-t-il une place, un accompagnement, une scolarité qui lui convient vraiment ? Derrière cette question individuelle se cache une réalité nationale faite de progrès réels et de tensions persistantes. Voici ce que disent les chiffres.
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Le Silence Des Justes - Daniel Tammet: Autism, Synesthesia, and a World Record
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Daniel Tammet: Autism, Synesthesia, and a World Record
For most of us, the number 4 is just a number. For Daniel Tammet, it's a shy, quiet shape — his favorite, he says, because it reminds him of himself. Autistic, synesthetic, and a polyglot, this Englishman broke a European record reciting 22,514 decimal places of π from memory. Here's the story of a mind that perceives the world differently.
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Le Silence Des Justes - Severe Autism and Sleep: Managing Sleep Difficulties
Research & Health
Severe Autism and Sleep: Managing Sleep Difficulties
For many families, the night is the hardest part of the day — not the day itself. Endless time falling asleep, repeated wake-ups, short nights that exhaust the whole household: sleep difficulties affect a large share of children with severe autism, and they're rarely taken as seriously as they should be. Here's why it happens, and what genuinely helps.
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Le Silence Des Justes - They Made a Film About It: The Origins of The Specials
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