Synopsis
Full Spectrum is a very personal and vulnerable short film. In it, queer runner Caroline Whatley (she/her) shares a snapshot in time (her first year after receiving a diagnosis) of what it’s like to learn you’re autistic at 46 years old having never known..
Director Biography – Erin McGrady
Erin McGrady (she/her) is a Queer, Korean American filmmaker. Her work aims to increase representation in the outdoors. She is one-half of Authentic Asheville, a small business that she runs with her wife, Caroline Whatley, that creates short films, photography, and social media content for brands and businesses.
My wife, Caroline, was diagnosed with autism at 46 years of age and immediately we started looking for information and resources to learn as much as we could. There was a ton of stuff available for kids (specifically boys) but a lack of information about women. And the intersection of queerness and autism … well that information was almost non-existent. So together we tried to capture what this moment in time is like for her as a queer, autistic woman to receive a late-diagnosis and how it’s both affirming and alienating.