6/22 – Cora, Crew and Coffee (Little Rock, Arkansas) Day 2

Our second day of interviews with Cora, this time outside for a small conversation at a local coffee shop where she shares more about her daily life. Given the fact that she can talk about her opinions so articulately, it is hard to imagine that Cora, as an autistic person, has difficulties interacting with others…

6/23 – Larre, Mountains and Market (Jackson, Wyoming) Day 1

Having left Arkansas, Dr. Ikegami and the NHK crew arrived in beautiful Jackson, Wyoming, a mountain town set in between various big US national parks. Here we would visit an autistic avatar Larre  who is a devoted musician and trance music DJ in Second Life. Larry (in real life) has worked in a local supermarket…

6/28, 6/29 – Back in New York City, to Meet in the Virtual World

On June 28 our trip across the United States ended and we came back to New York City. Over the next couple of days the NHK crew would interview Dr. Ikegami and film the weekly autism mutual-support meeting in Second Life with, among others, those autistic people she interviewed in Arkansas, Wyoming, and California. In…