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Video: Look, I'm in college!

Ken Browne

The half-hour documentary Look, I'm in College! follows four New York City kids through an extraordinary time in their lives. Together with Pace University, its faculty, and students, Terence, Benny, Donald, and Rayquan achieved a small miracle in the world of higher education. All four young men are African-Americans between the ages of 18 and 20. All are NYC public school students from challenging socio-economic backgrounds. And all are autistic. For students with developmental disorders such as the ..

Video: Autism is a world (part 3)

Sue Rubin

Part three of the series "Autism Is A World" is a documentary about Sue Rubin, who is autistic. For 26 years, she has been on an extraordinary journey. Her unusual behavior led to a diagnosis of autism when she was four. Until age 13, she was believed to be me ..

Video: Autism is a world (part 2)

Sue Rubin

Part two of the series "Autism Is A World" is a documentary about Sue Rubin, who is autistic. For 26 years, she has been on an extraordinary journey. Her unusual behavior led to a diagnosis of autism when she was four. Until age 13, she was believed to be ment ..

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Video: Temple Grandin, the world needs all kinds of minds

Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, talks about how her mind works -- sharing her ability to "think in pictures," which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss. She makes the case that the world needs people on the autism spe ..

Video: Talk to Me (autism documentary)

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"Talk to Me" is a documentary that takes viewers into the lives of children with autism at home and at school, and profiles the efforts of their parents and teachers to help them achieve their potential. The families we meet are of different racial and socio-e ..

Video: Autism is a world (part 1)

Sue Rubin

"Autism Is A World" is a documentary about Sue Rubin, who is autistic. For 26 years, she has been on an extraordinary journey. Her unusual behavior led to a diagnosis of autism when she was four. Until age 13, she was believed to be mentally retarded. But then ..

Video: Between optical area and amygdala

Stefan Ringelschwandtner

A deeply personal short film, from Germany, made by Stefan Ringelschwandtner that parallels the director's discovery of his Asperger's Syndrome.

Asperger's survival guide: humor

Gisele Slater-Walker

Here are some tips for those trying to better understand humor and its uses. + An autistic person's sense of humour is often about things which suggest silliness, ridiculousness or which appear slightly insane. + It may be necessary to keep your laught ..

Video: Life on the autism spectrum

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This video explores the experiences of adults on the autism spectrum. Here four people talk about Asperger's syndrome and feeling different. Click here to discuss what those with adults with AS wished parents/educators had done when they were young

Video: Autism and puppets to help becoming verbal

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Sixteen-year old Chanel has autism. Early on, her parents discovered that using puppets helped their then non-verbal five year old learn to interact and communicate. One amazing resource in their journey was a speech therapist, who happened to look like a M ..

Video: A teen with autism tells you what it's really like

Chanel

Chanel is sixteen and has autism. "No one can really understand what's going on in our heads. In this video, I try to explain what its like to have autism, and how kids with autism feel."

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