autism reality

critically acclaimed documentary film about autism by an autistic film director.

'autism reality' is a moving interview-based piece that shows a new and refreshing side of the issue.

thank you Dr. Temple Grandin!

don't press play unless you have 10 minutes to spare (you'll want to watch the whole thing)

Category:

Education

Tags:

• autism
• asperger
• documentary
• film
• autistic
• creative commons
• temple grandin
• alex plank
• wrong planet
• mohawk

[dmulvany]

I'd like to ask everyone who makes a video about autism to activate YouTube's automated transcription or to caption the video in other ways. Captions are useful for many people who are autistic as well as for the 15% of the population with hearing loss. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to understand this video due to the lack of captions. All videos can now be captioned through YouTube's automated transcription process, but it needs to be turned on by the accountholder.

[theWrongPlanet]

@dmulvany You can activate YouTube's audio translation service on this video. I made sure it worked and I just tested it again. 

[forabettertoday]

People who call autistic, or any child with a "disorder", retards or anything like that are absolutely disgusting. You people have no hearts and should go die in a fucking ditch somewhere. Don't make comments I you have never been through or lived with something like that.

[jpaschal12]

I thank you Alex for sharing your story , it was awesome to see Temple my hero in the video too!

[mac19971]

0:28 COLORADO FTW!

[ijsHD]

I have seen a paper about autism at my psychologist today. What is autism? I don't understand.

[nbdybtm]

And when you're in school, you don't dare to answer the teacher's questions, even though you exactly know the answers, because you have sort of a mental blockade that hinders you from doing so, trying to get as little attention from others as possible? Or do the social troubles alone not characterize autistics?

[nbdybtm]

Is there a possibility of having autism without having special memorizing skills etc. I mean, could it be that you have a minor form of autism just due to the fact that you get very uncomfortable the second you are in the presence of other people - no matter if you like these people or not -, and especially in a crowd of people, so you don't know how to express your emotions and show them with facial expressions and don't know how to act on other people's gestures?

[BayAreaOrBust]

@CheezeTheSmall What's so funny about it?

[Doodadpaperdrill]

"The Neanderthal Theory of Autism". Look it up!! Really REALLY interesting stuff.

[Doodadpaperdrill]

DNA studies say that Neanderthals were intellectual, extremely curious creatures with mathematical ways of thinking. The studies also say that Neanderthals had poorly developed social skills. Amazing ideas, but inadequate ways of communicating them. Homo Sapiens are gifted socially, with a built in ability to work together(result of survival of the fittest no doubt). The two species meet, mate, and create a kind of perfect balance between the two species, resulting in the world we live in today.

[w0rdthat]

girl at 1:50 is smoking hot

[scharlesdecker]

I'm a father of two sons with autism. Thanks so much Alex for sharing your story!