Jump to content

Deej: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Removed autism rights template
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|A 2017 documentary which uncritically portrays a discredited communication technique}}
{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
| show_name = Deej
| show_name = Deej
Line 8: Line 7:
| released = 2017
| released = 2017
| runtime = 72 minutes
| runtime = 72 minutes
}}{{Autism rights movement}}
}}
{{alternative medicine sidebar}}


'''''Deej''''' is a 2017 documentary about DJ Savarese, a nonspeaking [[Americans|American]] [[Autism rights movement|autistic activist]] who uses [[Augmentative and alternative communication|alternative and augmentative communication]] methods in his daily life as a high school student preparing for transition to higher education.<ref name="Inc 2018">{{Cite news|url=http://www.pbs.org/pov/blog/america-reframed-unfiltered/2017/10/america-reframed-unfiltered-inclusion-shouldnt-be-a-lottery/|title=AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Inclusion Shouldn’t Be a Lottery|last=Inc.|first=POV {{!}} American Documentary|work=POV's Documentary Blog|access-date=2018-05-20|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Corley 2018">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@mariathompsoncorley/deej-a-non-verbal-autistic-man-raises-his-voice-for-inclusion-ce4de0d22a8c|title=Deej: A non-verbal autistic man raises his voice for inclusion|last=Corley|first=Maria|date=2017-09-20|website=Medium|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref> In the film, Deej is shown communicating through the use of [[facilitated communication]], a scientifically discredited technique; accordingly, serious questions have been raised regarding the legitimacy of the communications attributed to Deej.<ref name="Foster">{{cite journal |last1=Foster |first1=Craig |title=Deej‐a Vu: Documentary revisits facilitated communication pseudoscience |journal=Behavioral Interventions |date=2019 |doi=10.1002/bin.1687 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bin.1687|accessdate=2019-08-14}}</ref>
'''''Deej''''' is a 2017 documentary of the story of DJ Savarese, an [[Americans|American]] [[Autism rights movement|autistic activist]] who is nonspeaking and uses [[Augmentative and alternative communication|alternative and augmentative communication]] methods, in his daily life as a high school student preparing for transition to higher education.<ref name="Inc 2018">{{Cite news|url=http://www.pbs.org/pov/blog/america-reframed-unfiltered/2017/10/america-reframed-unfiltered-inclusion-shouldnt-be-a-lottery/|title=AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Inclusion Shouldn’t Be a Lottery|last=Inc.|first=POV {{!}} American Documentary|work=POV's Documentary Blog|access-date=2018-05-20|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Corley 2018">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@mariathompsoncorley/deej-a-non-verbal-autistic-man-raises-his-voice-for-inclusion-ce4de0d22a8c|title=Deej: A non-verbal autistic man raises his voice for inclusion|last=Corley|first=Maria|date=2017-09-20|website=Medium|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref>


== Background ==
== Background ==
The film was directed by Robert Rooy and David James Savarese, known as DJ or Deej.<ref>{{Citation|last=Rooy|first=Robert|title=Deej|date=2017-10-17|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5634002/|accessdate=2018-05-20}}</ref><ref name="Inc 2018" /> Savarese is credited as the co-creator and co-producer of the documentary, which was filmed primarily in [[Iowa]]. The film emphasizes Savarese's goal of promoting communication access for all nonspeaking autistic people, as part of the [[neurodiversity]] movement.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/dj-deej-savarese-pursues-freedom-as-an-non-speaking-autistic/article_7036e4fb-a449-5a8a-b1f7-3910e99b3459.html|title=DJ 'Deej' Savarese pursues freedom as an non-speaking autistic man in new documentary|last=iborha@newspost.com|first=Imade Borha|work=The Frederick News-Post|access-date=2018-05-20|language=en}}</ref>
The film was directed by Robert Rooy and David James Savarese, known as DJ or Deej.<ref>{{Citation|last=Rooy|first=Robert|title=Deej|date=2017-10-17|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5634002/|accessdate=2018-05-20}}</ref><ref name="Inc 2018" /> Savarese is co-creator and co-producer of the documentary, which was filmed primarily in [[Iowa]]. The film emphasizes Savarese's goal of promoting communication access for all nonspeaking autistic people, as part of the [[neurodiversity]] movement.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/dj-deej-savarese-pursues-freedom-as-an-non-speaking-autistic/article_7036e4fb-a449-5a8a-b1f7-3910e99b3459.html|title=DJ 'Deej' Savarese pursues freedom as an non-speaking autistic man in new documentary|last=iborha@newspost.com|first=Imade Borha|work=The Frederick News-Post|access-date=2018-05-20|language=en}}</ref>


Savarese was [[Adoption|adopted]] from the [[Foster care|foster care system]] and diagnosed early in life as [[Autism spectrum|autistic]].<ref name="Gabbard 2008">{{Cite journal|last=Gabbard|first=Chris|date=2008-01-31|title=Savarese, Ralph James. Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption.|url=http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/76|journal=Disability Studies Quarterly|language=en-US|volume=28|issue=1|issn=2159-8371}}</ref> As a child, Savarese and his adoptive parents struggled to ensure his [[Inclusion (education)|inclusion in the local public school system]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.statepress.com/article/2017/10/spartcult-deej-screening-throws-spotlight-on-autism-and-disability-rights|title='Deej' film puts a spotlight on autism and disability rights|work=The Arizona State Press|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref> Eventually winning the right for Savarese to receive education in public schools, Savarese and his parents framed their challenges as a [[Civil and political rights|civil rights]] struggle against [[ableism]].<ref name="Corley 2018" /><ref name="Fishman 2018">{{Cite news|url=https://oberlinreview.org/14473/arts/deej-highlights-interdependence-challenges-assumptions/|title=“Deej” Highlights Interdependence, Challenges Assumptions|last=Fishman|first=Kate|work=The Oberlin Review|access-date=2018-05-20|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Gabbard 2008" /> Since the events featured in ''Deej'', Savarese attended and graduated from [[Oberlin College]].<ref name="Fishman 2018" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://oberlinreview.org/10328/news/student-panelists-celebrate-neurodiversity/|title=Student Panelists Celebrate Neurodiversity|last=Gittin|first=Adam|work=The Oberlin Review|access-date=2018-05-20|language=en-US}}</ref>
Savarese was [[Adoption|adopted]] from the [[Foster care|foster care system]] and diagnosed early in life as [[Autism spectrum|autistic]].<ref name="Gabbard 2008">{{Cite journal|last=Gabbard|first=Chris|date=2008-01-31|title=Savarese, Ralph James. Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption.|url=http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/76|journal=Disability Studies Quarterly|language=en-US|volume=28|issue=1|issn=2159-8371}}</ref> As a child, Savarese and his adoptive parents struggled to ensure his [[Inclusion (education)|inclusion in the local public school system]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.statepress.com/article/2017/10/spartcult-deej-screening-throws-spotlight-on-autism-and-disability-rights|title='Deej' film puts a spotlight on autism and disability rights|work=The Arizona State Press|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref> Eventually winning the right for Savarese to receive education in public schools, Savarese and his parents framed their challenges as a [[Civil and political rights|civil rights]] struggle against [[ableism]].<ref name="Corley 2018" /><ref name="Fishman 2018">{{Cite news|url=https://oberlinreview.org/14473/arts/deej-highlights-interdependence-challenges-assumptions/|title=“Deej” Highlights Interdependence, Challenges Assumptions|last=Fishman|first=Kate|work=The Oberlin Review|access-date=2018-05-20|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Gabbard 2008" /> Since the events featured in ''Deej'', Savarese attended and graduated from [[Oberlin College]].<ref name="Fishman 2018" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://oberlinreview.org/10328/news/student-panelists-celebrate-neurodiversity/|title=Student Panelists Celebrate Neurodiversity|last=Gittin|first=Adam|work=The Oberlin Review|access-date=2018-05-20|language=en-US}}</ref>
Line 20: Line 18:
''Deej'' aired nationally on [[PBS]] in October 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ncdj.org/2017/10/deej-film-spotlights-nonspeaking-student-with-autism/|title=‘Deej’ film spotlights nonspeaking student with autism {{!}} National Center on Disability and Journalism|website=ncdj.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref>
''Deej'' aired nationally on [[PBS]] in October 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ncdj.org/2017/10/deej-film-spotlights-nonspeaking-student-with-autism/|title=‘Deej’ film spotlights nonspeaking student with autism {{!}} National Center on Disability and Journalism|website=ncdj.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref>


⚫
== External Links ==
==Criticism==
This film portrays the use of [[facilitated communication]] as legitimate,<ref name="DSQ">{{cite journal |last1=Savarese |first1=D. J. |title=Communicate with Me |journal=Disability Studies Quarterly |date=1 December 2009 |volume=30 |issue=1 |doi=10.18061/dsq.v30i1.1051 |url=http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/1051/1237 |accessdate=3 August 2019 |language=en |issn=2159-8371}}</ref> even though it has been scientifically discredited as a [[pseudoscience]]. The documentary does not mention that science has discredited facilitated communication, nor does it mention the harm that facilitated communication has done.<ref name="Foster" /><ref name="RSavarese">{{cite web |last1=Savarese |first1=Ralph |title=About Facilitated Communication {{!}} Ralph James Savarese |url=http://www.ralphsavarese.com/reasonable-people/about-fc/ |website=Ralph James Savarese |accessdate=3 August 2019}}</ref>


⚫
* [https://www.deejmovie.com/ ''Deej'' official website]
In his review, Craig Foster notes that Deej is never shown independently communicating or exhibiting his "hidden intelligence", even though the documentary implies that he does. Foster argues that "skepticism toward facilitated communication is necessary to ameliorate its harmful influence and to encourage genuine acceptance of people with complex communication needs."<ref name="Foster" />
⚫
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5634002/ ''Deej'' page] on [[IMDb|IMDB]]

== See also ==
* ''[[Autism Is a World]]''
* ''[[Wretches & Jabberers]]''
* [[Rapid prompting method]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

⚫
== External Links ==

⚫
* [https://www.deejmovie.com/ ''Deej'' official website]
⚫
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5634002/ ''Deej'' page] on [[IMDb|IMDB]]


[[Category:American documentary films]]
[[Category:American documentary films]]
[[Category:2017 television films]]
[[Category:2017 television films]]
[[Category:Documentary films about autism]]
[[Category:Documentary films about autism]]
[[Category:Alternative medical treatments]]

Revision as of 15:02, 25 August 2019

Deej
Written byDavid James Savarese
Directed byRobert Rooy
Production
Running time72 minutes
Original release
Release2017
Neurodiversity paradigm
Philosophy
Organizations
Events
Issues
People
Films
Criticism

Deej is a 2017 documentary of the story of DJ Savarese, an American autistic activist who is nonspeaking and uses alternative and augmentative communication methods, in his daily life as a high school student preparing for transition to higher education.[1][2]

Background

The film was directed by Robert Rooy and David James Savarese, known as DJ or Deej.[3][1] Savarese is co-creator and co-producer of the documentary, which was filmed primarily in Iowa. The film emphasizes Savarese's goal of promoting communication access for all nonspeaking autistic people, as part of the neurodiversity movement.[4]

Savarese was adopted from the foster care system and diagnosed early in life as autistic.[5] As a child, Savarese and his adoptive parents struggled to ensure his inclusion in the local public school system.[6] Eventually winning the right for Savarese to receive education in public schools, Savarese and his parents framed their challenges as a civil rights struggle against ableism.[2][7][5] Since the events featured in Deej, Savarese attended and graduated from Oberlin College.[7][8]

Deej aired nationally on PBS in October 2017.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Inc., POV | American Documentary. "AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Inclusion Shouldn't Be a Lottery". POV's Documentary Blog. Retrieved 2018-05-20. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ a b Corley, Maria (2017-09-20). "Deej: A non-verbal autistic man raises his voice for inclusion". Medium. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  3. ^ Rooy, Robert (2017-10-17), Deej, retrieved 2018-05-20
  4. ^ iborha@newspost.com, Imade Borha. "DJ 'Deej' Savarese pursues freedom as an non-speaking autistic man in new documentary". The Frederick News-Post. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  5. ^ a b Gabbard, Chris (2008-01-31). "Savarese, Ralph James. Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption". Disability Studies Quarterly. 28 (1). ISSN 2159-8371.
  6. ^ "'Deej' film puts a spotlight on autism and disability rights". The Arizona State Press. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  7. ^ a b Fishman, Kate. ""Deej" Highlights Interdependence, Challenges Assumptions". The Oberlin Review. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  8. ^ Gittin, Adam. "Student Panelists Celebrate Neurodiversity". The Oberlin Review. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  9. ^ "'Deej' film spotlights nonspeaking student with autism | National Center on Disability and Journalism". ncdj.org. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deej&oldid=912431626"