Article: Pixar SparkShort “Loop” Promotes Autism Acceptance, Celebrates Difference and Helps Inspire Change
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Throughout April, celebrations across the globe promote autism acceptance and ensure that autistic people are seen, heard and celebrated for their unique experiences of the world. Inclusion is also at the heart of Pixar Animation Studios’ SparkShorts program, an experimental storytelling initiative that welcomes new creative voices at the studio to share their stories.
Erica Milsom is the director of “Loop,” a SparkShort now streaming on Disney+, which is centered around two kids at canoe camp who find themselves adrift on a lake, unable to move forward until they find a new way to connect and see the world through each other’s eyes. This film breaks new ground by featuring Pixar’s first non-verbal autistic character.
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