Autism

Early last year, Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams spoke with Alexander Jeffery, who directed "You Have No Idea." The movie, about a family's journey with autism in a small Arkansas town, is gaining a national release on April 2 in celebration of World Autism Day. Jeffery joined Kellams via Zoom to talk about the upcoming widespread release.

On today's show, a letter sent to leadership at the University of Arkansas says they have failed to defend their faculty. Also, an Arkansas-based film about autism receives a national release. Plus, UAMS is hosting a free hands-on summer camp.

Today's show includes episode two of Ozarks at Large's Maternal Mortality Series. The story is in a collaboration with the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement and KUAF. Plus, the umbrella arts event Assembly returns for another year, board members resign from the Walton Art Center, research examining young people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and more.

Today on The Outline: Board members resign from the Walton Art Center, research examining young people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and another honor for Razorback baseball Coach Dave Van Horn.

On today's show, the Thaden School is showing a new documentary, "You Have No Idea." The movie follows an Arkansas mother who becomes an advocate after her son is diagnosed with autism. Plus, Amos Cochran is set to perform with the Fort Smith Symphony String Quartet, and the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal focuses on the Natural State's tourism. Also, a Senate committee passes the Arkansas LEARNS bill, this weekend's local music menu and more.

The new documentary, "You Have No Idea," chronicles how an Arkansas woman advocates for her son after a diagnosis of autism in the 1990s. The film will be screened, for free, at the Thaden School Performing Arts Building in Bentonville Saturday night. Although the screening is free, the Arkansas Cinema Society requests advance registration on its website.

Supporting Lifelong Success, or SLS, will be the first nonprofit residential community for neurodivergent adults in Arkansas. Located in the beautiful foothills of Kessler Mountain in southwest Fayetteville, the planned development will feature individual housing, clinical and communal facilities, recreation and greenspace designed to help residents and their families to thrive.

The documentary In a Different Key examines autism from many different points of view. Produced by journalists intimately familiar with autism, the movie includes the voices of people with autism and their families.

The documentary In a Different Key examines autism from many different points of view. Produced by journalists intimately familiar with autism, the movie includes the voices of people with autism and their families.

Camp Connect is an annual summer camp hosted by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in partnership with Project Connect, an outreach program by the…