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Inside Our Autistic Minds, Pt. 2 • WXXI-TV

Chris Packham helps autistic people illustrate how their minds work, helping them connect with their friends and family in a new, more authentic way.

Inside Our Autistic Minds, a two-part docuseries, concludes Monday, January 29 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV

Since sharing his own autism diagnosis with the world, naturalist and presenter Chris Packham has been flooded with letters and emails from other autistic people, frustrated that their friends, families and co-workers don’t understand them. By teaming up with top film-makers, graphic designers, animators and musicians, Chris helps a group of autistic people create short films to reveal to their family and friends how they’re truly feeling inside – what’s really going on in their autistic minds.

This program is presented as part of Move to Include™, WXXI and The Golisano Foundation’s national initiative that uses the power of public media to promote inclusion.

Photo: Naturalist and presenter Chris Packham • Credit: BBC

Connections with Evan Dawson • WXXI News • Weekdays 12-2pm

Evan Dawson talks about what matters to you!

Connections with Evan Dawson airs weekdays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on WXXI News.

Evan Dawson talks about what matters to you on Connections, every weekday from noon-2 p.m. Be part of the program with questions or comments by phone at 1-844-295-TALK (8255), email, Facebook or Twitter. 

Do you have a story that needs to be shared? Pitch your story to Connections.

Find out what’s coming up and to listen to past shows.

Photo: Evan Dawson • Provided by WXXI

Gateways Radio • WXXI-Classical • Tuesdays at 8pm

The annual Gateways Music Festival presents a brand new 13-week series of programs highlighting music from its festivals and other musicians of African descent.

Gateways Radio airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on WXXI Classical.

The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. The Orchestra made its stunning Carnegie Hall debut on April 24, 2022 as the first all-Black orchestra to be presented by the famed venue.

Gateways Radio features exceptional compositions and exquisite performances, celebrating the Gateways Music Festival’s mission of connecting and supporting classical musicians of African descent and serving as a source of inspiration, enlightenment, and engagement for communities—especially communities underrepresented in classical music. Garrett McQueen hosts.

To learn more about the series and the episodes, visit WXXIClassical.org.

A Wider World • WXXI-TV

A trusted source of information for individuals, their families, and loved ones with disabilities.

A Wider World airs Saturday, January 27 at 9:30 a.m. on WXXI-TV.

This series focuses on inspirational tales, stigma busting, cutting edge treatment options and assisting technology, veterans issues, sports, and other stories that celebrate the resilience of the human spirit and the abilities of all. In this episode, we learn about the importance of wearing a helmet when participating in winter sports.

This children’s program is presented as part of Dialogue on Disability, a partnership between WXXI and Al Sigl Community of Agencies – in conjunction with the Herman and Margaret Schwartz Community Series. Dialogue on Disability is supported by the Fred L. Emerson Foundation with additional support from The Golisano Foundation. The weeklong initiative runs January 22 through January 28, 2024.

WXXI and Al Sigl have been hosting Dialogue on Disability since 2005. In 2014, with the support of businessman and philanthropist Tom Golisano and the Golisano Foundation, Move to Include™ was formed. This initiative enables WXXI to present and develop programming that promotes inclusion year round.

Hero Elementary: Looking Super /Schmubble Trouble • WXXI-TV

When a self-flying cape escapes from the store selling it, Sparks’ Crew teams up with the famous hero, Hail Caesar, to search for it. But, it isn’t easy, since the cape is very good at hiding. It will take super observation skills to find it.

Hero Elementary: Looking Super /Schmubble Trouble airs Tuesday, January 25 at 1 p.m. on WXXI-TV

Then in the second half of the episode, Benny has a case of the “Schmubbles,” a bubble cold that causes bubbles to shoot out of his hands uncontrollably. When AJ, Lucita, and Sara get caught in Schmubble Bubbles, they must make their way through Citytown inside of bubbles they can’t pop.

This children’s program is presented as part of Dialogue on Disability, a partnership between WXXI and Al Sigl Community of Agencies – in conjunction with the Herman and Margaret Schwartz Community Series. Dialogue on Disability is supported by the Fred L. Emerson Foundation with additional support from The Golisano Foundation. The weeklong initiative runs January 22 through January 28, 2024.

WXXI and Al Sigl have been hosting Dialogue on Disability since 2005. In 2014, with the support of businessman and philanthropist Tom Golisano and the Golisano Foundation, Move to Include™ was formed. This initiative enables WXXI to present and develop programming that promotes inclusion year round.

American Masters – Oliver Sacks: His Own Life • On-Demand

Filmmaker Ric Burns tells the inspirational story of the famed neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks.

The two-hour film explores the life and work of the legendary neurologist and storyteller as he shares intimate details of his battles with drug addiction, homophobia, and a medical establishment that embraced his work only decades after the fact. Drawing on these profoundly moving reflections, American Masters—Oliver Sacks: His Own Lifealso features nearly two dozen deeply revealing and personal interviews with family members, colleagues, patients and close friends, including Jonathan Miller, Robert Silvers, Temple Grandin, Christof Koch, Robert Krulwich, Lawrence Weschler, Atul Gawande, Roberto Calasso, Paul Theroux, Isabelle Rapin, Bill Hayes, Kate Edgar, Mark Homonoff, Jonathan Sacks, Steve Silberman, Shane Fistell, and Lowell Handler, among others.

This program is presented as part of Dialogue on Disability, a partnership between WXXI and Al Sigl Community of Agencies – in conjunction with the Herman and Margaret Schwartz Community Series. Dialogue on Disability is supported by the Fred L. Emerson Foundation with additional support from The Golisano Foundation. The weeklong initiative runs January 22 through January 28, 2024.

WXXI and Al Sigl have been hosting Dialogue on Disability since 2005. In 2014, with the support of businessman and philanthropist Tom Golisano and the Golisano Foundation, Move to Include™ was formed. This initiative enables WXXI to present and develop programming that promotes inclusion year round.

Photo: Oliver writing on porch, 2015 • Courtesy of Bill Hayes

POV: Fire Through Dry Grass • On-Demand

In Fire Through Dry Grass, these young, Black and brown disabled artists document their lives on lockdown during COVID, their rhymes underscoring the danger and imprisonment they feel. In the face of institutional neglect, they refuse to be abused, confined, and erased. 

This program is presented as part of Dialogue on Disability, a partnership between WXXI and Al Sigl Community of Agencies – in conjunction with the Herman and Margaret Schwartz Community Series. Dialogue on Disability is supported by the Fred L. Emerson Foundation with additional support from The Golisano Foundation. The weeklong initiative runs January 22 through January 28, 2024.

WXXI and Al Sigl have been hosting Dialogue on Disability since 2005. In 2014, with the support of businessman and philanthropist Tom Golisano and the Golisano Foundation, Move to Include™ was formed. This initiative enables WXXI to present and develop programming that promotes inclusion year round.

Photo: Reality Poets Vince, Jay, Tito, Pete, and Var • Credit: Elias Williams

Move to Include: Celebrating Abilities • WXXI Classical

Learn about seven artists with disabilities and their artistic works.

Move to Include: Celebrating Abilities is available on-demand at WXXIClassical.org.

WXXI Classical presents vignettes that highlight the following musicians and composers:

  • Valerie Capers African American pianist & composer who is blind
  • Evelyn Glennie Scottish percussionist who is deaf
  • David Helfgott Australian pianist who lives with schizoaffective disorder
  • Molly Joyce American composer, educator and performer who has an impaired left hand due to an automobile accident
  • Maurice Ravel French composer believed to have what today we know as Alzheimer’s disease
  • John Rutter British composer and conductor who experiences post-viral fatigue syndrome
  • Nick van Bloss British pianist diagnosed with non-swearing Tourette Syndrome

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