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Movies to Watch if You Think You Have Aspergers

Submitted by Landon Bryce on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 04:34
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Movies, by their nature, simplify things and make internal things visible.  This can make them very useful when coming to an initial understanding of something as complex as Aspergers, even though they can also paint a false picture.  There aren't very many movies about people with autism, but these are two that I recommend very highly

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Adam is a romantic comedy about a young man who has Aspergers and an NT women who he forms a tentative romantic relationship with.  Hugh Dancy's Adam is not the most realistic portrayal I've ever seen of someone on the spectru, but it might be the most compassionate.

 

HBO won seven Emmy Awards for Temple Grandin, a biography starring Claire Danes. Dr. Grandin is probably the best-respected autistic person, both because of her own achievements as a designer and because she was one of the first people with autism to articulate what our minds are like.  This film is a very moving introduction to her.  It does a particularly good job of showing Grandin's visual thinking, what it feels like to become overwhelmed, and the significane of mentors to a young person on the spectrum.