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Publisher
CNN
Pub. Date
[2004?]
Language
English
Description
Sue Rubin, who is autistic, was diagnosed and treated as mentally retarded until the age of 13, when she began to communicate using a keyboard. She is now a junior in college. This documentary takes the viewer on a journey into her mind, her daily world, and her life with autism.
4) Rain man
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A callous young hustler living in California finds his father has died and left him only rose bushes and a '49 Buick convertible. Feeling cheated out of what he thinks should be his 3 million dollar inheritance, he kidnaps the autistic brother he never knew he had, and takes him on the ride of his life.
Publisher
Autism Movement Therapy
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Autism movement therapy combines structured movement with music connecting the left & right hemispheres of the brain for a whole brain cognitive re-mapping approach. This technique assists children with interaction with peers, working in groups, and performing academically in the classroom.
7) Rain man
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Charlie Babbitt (Cruise) has just discovered he has an autistic brother named Raymond (Hoffman) and is now taking him on the ride of his life. Or is it the other way around? From his refusal to drive on major highways to a "four minutes to Wapner" meltdown at an Oklahoma farmhouse, Raymond first pushes hot-headed Charlie to the limits of his patience ... and then pulls him completely out of his self-centered world! But what begins as an unsentimental...
Publisher
published and distributed by the Option Institute
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Explains the relationship building techniques of the Son-Rise Program. Through demonstrations and tutorials, parents and professionals will acquire tools to jumpstart the social development of autistic children.
12) Life, animated
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind suddenly stopped speaking and disappeared into autism. Almost four years passed and the only thing that seemed to engage Owen were Disney films. Then one day his father donned one of his son?s puppets?Iago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin ?and asked ?What?s it like to be you?? Suddenly Owen responded to his father using dialogue from the movie. Directed by Academy Award®-winner...
Publisher
Future Horizons
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Describes the unique challenges of women and girls with autism and Asperger's Syndrome. Covers the practical solutions school systems can implement, social challenges, and issues such as navigating puberty, transitioning to work or university, and the importance of careers"--Container
Publisher
Autism Asperger Pub Co
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Combines words, pictures, and music to present examples of how the "149" talk about the "1" with autism, noting that even well-meaning and kind words can set the tone for acceptance or rejection as well as for inclusion or exclusion.
18) Molly
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Autistic since birth, 28-year-old Molly is a carefree young woman with an incredible zest for life. When the facility which has cared for her closes, her brother takes on the difficult job of caring for her. Molly becomes a candidate for a new medical procedure that could cure her completely, but is it worth the risk?
20) Snow cake
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
After surviving a car wreck that killed a young hitchhiker, a lonely ex-con becomes involved with the girl's autistic mother and her neighbors.