

On the eve of World Autism Awareness Day, celebrated on April 2, the program 'Or even not'airs on Rai2 with a special episode. The program on social inclusion and disability, Friday 1 April, at 23,55 pm, gives us an immersion of knowledge and comparison on a little known disability, and consequently often poorly managed in educational institutions and in the social environment in general. , accompanying us to the discovery of redemption initiatives.
Cinema, sport, comedy. Autism is told through concrete experiences in the special program produced with the collaboration of Rai per il Sociale and Rai Pubblica Utilità. The episode introduces the thought of Marina Corradi, columnist for Avvenire, on Ukraine.
At the opening, Paola Severini Pomegranates - author of the program written with Joanna Scatena, Directed by Danio Spaccapili - hosts Joseph Cacace e Marco Manservigi, creators ofAspergers Film Festival (AS FF), and Valerio Cacciagrano, curator of the short films and animation section.
The AS FF is the first international film and visual arts review created with the participation of young people with Asperger's syndrome.

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The evening continues with Gigi Lupo, president of 'Calcia autismo', the non-profit organization of Cetraro, in the province of Cosenza, which aims to integrate children with autism spectrum disorders into the world of sport. In the special space dedicated to 'seeing beyond', Daniele Cassioli, Paralympic champion, talks with Pasquale Tridico, president of INPS.
Mario Acampa meets Marcello Mancini, president of the AIAC Onlus. The Italian Football Coaches Association (AIAC) in 2021 organized the first course for coaches of footballers with disabilities addressing the DIR world (Disabled-Intellectual-Relational) and on the occasion of the World Day of Awareness of Autism it will talk about the initiatives promoted by the association.
With Riccardo Cresci, 'Or even not'takes us to the province of Treviso, to get to know'We relieve autism', a working project in the pastry laboratory of the Costante Gris Institute, aimed at children with autism spectrum disorder who have finished their studies in hotels.
The episode special is enriched by the ironic videos of Terconauts, the brothers Damiano and Margherita Tercon together with Philipp Carboni, who in a comical way tackle issues related to autism. And again, there is the contribution of Pier Paolo Perotti, autistic poet, and the composer Lamberto Curtoni, in the work Songs of loss and rebirth. And the satire of Stefano Drawings and the music of Wheelchair Thieves together with Daniel De Gregori.
They return even the very young journalists of RadioImmmaginaria who introduce us to their autistic colleague. Furthermore, Gianluca Nicoletti, a prestigious journalist, writer, radio host and television author, father of an autistic boy, committed to the emancipation of children with this form of disability, offers a final reflection.
The special it will be repeated on Rai2 on Sunday 3 April at 9,10 and will then be available on Raiplay, like all the episodes and also the previous seasons.