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Overload

"Educate yourself. Learn my secret code."

2022

0h 5m

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Drama

Overview

A spoken word piece about an autistic person experiencing sensory overload in a world that rejects their existence.

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3 members

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Carrie Morrison

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Leo Clasen

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Michael Maitland-Jones

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