Sue Rubin is a functionally non-verbal published

autistic author who was the subject of the

Oscar-nominated documentary Autism Is A World

in which she communicated via the controversial

communication technique of facilitated communication.

She has stated that there exists a rift in the autistic

community between high functioning autistics who,

often, resist efforts to find a cure for autism,

and low-functioning autistics like herself

who strongly support a cure: "High-functioning

people speak and low-functioning people don't.

Low-functioning people are just trying to get

through the day without hurting, tapping, flailing, biting,

screaming, etc. The thought of a gold pot of a potion with a

cure really would be wonderful."(from Wikipedia)

In the documentary Sue loved to play with spoons, so I put

this beautiful graphic of spoons here to honor her life and her

incredible work.  We love you Sue!