Individuals and Families wanted for TV programme

[Sally44]

 

The following email has been sent to me via a reliable source - but please check!!!

 

If anyone is interested the contact details are included.

 

 

 

Hi All,

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> Please reply directly to Kimi if you are interested! What an exciting opportunity!

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> Best wishes,

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> Ester

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> Ester Vickers

> Regional Officer, East Midlands

> The National Autistic Society

> 07787 526184

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> From: Kimi Gill

> Sent: 07 October 2009 16:55

> Subject: latest bbc update!

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> The BBC are looking to follow on from the success of The Autistic Me by producing an autism series and are hoping to do the following:

> My Autistic Family and Me: A documentary following a young person who has grown up in a family with autism. We would like to find a family where everyone has autism, except one sibling.

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> Autistic She: A documentary following three young women with autism or aspergers.

> High-Functioning Adults Who Hold Down Jobs: A celebratory documentary which looks different people who have interesting jobs. The key here will be to find a different range of surprising and/or aspirational jobs. Also people whose autism helps them with their work - it serves as a positive benefit to them.

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> Motobility/Driving. Like dating and searching for a job in The Autistic Me, learning to drive is a mainstream area that everyone identifies with, but can have more implications if you are on the spectrum. i am interested to talk to people/and their families who:

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> a) are currently learning to drive

> about to learn how to drive

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> c) are professionals that are specialists in teaching driving to people on the spectrum.

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> Programme about people with autism who have a particular talent or are gifted in some way, musically, artistically, etc.

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> If you know of anyone that might be interested in taking part and fits any of these categories, please contact Kimi Gill on 0115 847 3528 or kimi.gill@nas.org.uk. The programme will go out on BBC3, so the featured people need to be upto the age of 30.

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> many thanks

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> Kimi

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> Kimi Gill

> Media and PR officer (North and Central England)

> National Autistic Society

> 4th Floor, Castle Heights

> Nottingham NG1 6BJ

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> tel 0115 847 3528

> fax 0115 911 3365

> mobile: 07946 590614

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[Tally]

The programme will go out on BBC3, so the featured people need to be upto the age of 30.

That seems an odd statement, are people over 30 not allowed on BBC3 then???

[trekster]

i hope they let me on. i was under 30 when i accepted to go on the program. But they didn't have the money to run it at the time.

[Gordie]

Wow - that all sounds fantastic.

 

I knew they liked The Autistic Me, seeing as it recently got a BBC One repeat airing, but this is still impressive!

 

Maybe our very own Special_talent123 could go in for Autistic She, having already made a "cameo appearance"(!) in The Autistic Me.

 

Hmmm ... I hope "High-Functioning Adults Who Hold Down Jobs" and "Motobility/Driving" are only working titles.

 

Learning to drive wasn't an issue for me at all though ... well ... no more of an issue than it is for anyone else, that is.

 

That seems an odd statement, are people over 30 not allowed on BBC3 then???

Yeah - particularly strange, when you consider that ...

"BBC Three content is modern, distinctive and relevant - though not exclusively - to our core 16-34 year old target audience."

- http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tv/netw.../bbcthree.shtml

... so not only should Kimi have said "34" instead of "30", but BBC Three programmes aren't exclusive to the under-35s anyway! Also, that's just who the channel's content is aimed at, not the age of the people participating in the programmes! Programmes featuring Bruce Forsyth (aged 81) (e.g. Strictly Come Dancing) could easily be considered "relevant" to those under 35! So, trekster, tell 'em that if they kick up a fuss!

 

James

[Special_talent123]

 

Maybe our very own Special_talent123 could go in for Autistic She, having already made a "cameo appearance"(!) in The Autistic Me.

 

 

i already am involved in the autistic me follow up, so the autistic she isnt really me now because im already doing the follow up of the autistic me on my part this time

[Stella63]

Hi

 

I responded to this for OJ and have just spoken to the lady (I had sent her a link to OJ's Youtube). She's coming down to meet OJ next week!!!! Excited or what!!??

 

Stella xx

[trekster]

i hope they let me on. i was under 30 when i accepted to go on the program. But they didn't have the money to run it at the time.

Im really upset they tell me they're full, but i was one of the original people in the 1st place. Why should i have to suffer due to financial

problems last time?