In October 2011 three psychoanalysts in France (Eric Laurent, Esthela Solano-Suarez and Alexandre Stevens) successfully sued the film-maker Sophie Robert for including their views of the origins and treatment of Autism in her film 'The Wall or psychoanalysis put to the test for autism' (they claim their views were 'distorted'). The judgement included a requirement to remove the sections including the litigants, to pay a fine and to pay legal costs. Since beginning this blog piece the film was removed from the internet, following a request from Robert's lawyer. This means that the piece below is incomplete, however we decided to publish it anyway, as the issue is important and deserving of more coverage in the UK than has so far been the case. The 30 analysts interviewed in the film base their thinking on Lacanian theory and the work of Bruno Bettelheim , together with elements of Winnicott and Levi-Strauss . Analyst after analyst line up to articulate their
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