Tonight a Twitter follower shared an awesome, goosebump-inducing video, Fireflies, about a boy befriending a girl and a lesson learned about understanding autism. Given the recent terrible misconceptions about Asperger syndrome, it seems particularly timely.
Created by The Jubilee Project, a group that creates videos for a good cause, the short film was inspired by Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me music video. They're hoping to rope the singer in to raise awareness, so if you're on Twitter tweet something like this anytime between now through December 22:
Or just click here to send out a tweet. You can read more about what The Jubilee Project is aiming to do over at YouTube.
Image: screen grab/Fireflies
Oh my....I am crying. I love everything about this sooo much.
ReplyDeleteI will share it far and wide.
THANK YOU!!!
Me too!... The Asian boy is so smart and so cool! Wish there more kids like that...
ReplyDeleteAsian person here. It's good that they showed him as an equal and not an arrogant savant.
DeleteLove this video I will share it with EVERYONE.
ReplyDeleteLOVE this and just tweeted Taylor Swift. I hope she gets a bunch. Thank you so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAmazing! Thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteVery cool video. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI can't understand where he said to go to get a shirt. Can anyone interpret for me?
ReplyDeletei kinda like annie and i also liked the video
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