Alexandra Jackman, 14 is a film maker from Westfield, New Jersey. Her film, ‘
A teens guide to understanding and communicating with people with autism‘ has been entered into the Palm Beach International Film Festival. The film was made as part of her class project at Roosevelt Intermediate School last year. The film is based upon her role as a volunteer for the organisation “Autism Family Times”.
This is part one of a two part interview.
Autism Daily Newscast was interested to find out more about the inspiration for the film. Firstly Alexandra told us of how she has always worked with children with special needs since the age of 10.