movies about autism and asperger

After a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.

A young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.

Shadowy elements in the NSA target a nine-year old autistic savant for death when he is able to decipher a top secret code.

A bachelor becomes the unwilling guardian of his autistic, intellectually disabled sister; then an experimental treatment works a dramatic change in her brain and his attitude.

There are several societal changes that we can make right now to better accommodate people with autism. This documentary explores how families can make some reasonable changes in their daily lives right now. Together, our society must solve the autism puzzle for all of those individuals and families currently living with autism so they can have a better quality of life. It's time to unlock the autism puzzle by understanding how people with autism see the world. The world of autism is understood through pictures instead of: text, speech and sound.

A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.

The is a documentary about a family and the impact autism has on their lives. One of their children, Adam, has autism, but we learn that it impacts their entire family. Adam can be difficult at school and at home. His sister struggles to have him as a brother and at times would like to distance herself from him. His parents marriage is stressed by the demands of raising a child with autism. A good honest peek into their lives.

A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.

"I'm not black, I'm not white, not foreign, just different in the mind. Different brains, that's all," explains 15-year-old Billy in Jennifer Venditti's provocative coming of age film. Billy's intuitive commentary and intimate verite footage reveal a unique attitude as he responds to a painful childhood, first time love, and his experience as an outsider in small town Maine. By turns humorous and disturbing, this portrait challenges the viewer to understand a triumphant teen on his own terms.

As an alternative to getting bullied at school, an autistic teenager retreats into the world of online role-playing games.

A sensitive portrait of Sabine Bonnaire, the autistic sister of the french actress Sandrine Bonnaire.

"Beautiful Son" is a personal story of a family's effort to help their son with autism. When the medical establishment has little to offer, they turn to a community of doctors and parents who are experimenting with treatments and recovering some children. Through one family's struggle to save their son, we are introduced to the complex and sometimes controversial world of autism.

Photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about the inclusion of children with disabilities before he had his son Samuel eight years ago. Now he thinks about inclusion every day. Habib documented his family's efforts to include Samuel in every facet of their lives, a journey that transforms each of them.

All Thomas wants is a normal adolescence but his autistic brother, Charlie, thwarts his every opportunity. Will Thomas, with the help of his girlfriend, Jackie, accept his brother?

In 1976 Melbourne, a lonely 8-year-old girl strikes up a correspondence with an unlikely pen pal: a severely obese 44-year-old New Yorker with Asperger's syndrome.

A writer documents the journey his family takes to Mongolia to consult with nomadic shamans on the healing of their autistic son.

The mother of an autistic child is determined not to accept the pessimistic prognosis for her son.

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.

From the time he was a child Wolfgang Fasser knew he'd be blind in his twenties. But as darkness descended, a whole new world began to open up to him: the world of sound. He marveled at its richness and nuance, at how it moved him and made him connect with nature and with the people around him. Setting aside his childhood dream of becoming a veterinarian, Wolfgang became a physical therapist to severely disabled children. While their parents endeavor to accommodate their needs, it is in Wolfgang that the children find a true friend. In a Swiss hamlet tucked away in the mountains he has constructed a safe haven in which the children can explore and create sound through cymbals, drums, piano or feel sound resonate through their bodies on a therapeutic bed of chords... The tension in their bodies gradually dissipates as they open to the mysteries of sound and music. Wolfgang's immense capacity for compassion and patience creates an environment of unconditional love and respect in which these children blossom. In his directorial debut, Nicola Bellucci focuses with quiet reverence on Wolfgang Fasser just as he does on the children in his care. The result is transcendent.

A true story about a band made up of singers and musicians with a wide range of mental and physical disabilities. This documentary is an inspiring look at a special group and their dream to make music. Revealing their struggles and triumphs, as performers and people, dealing with severe challenges while on a journey to become true musicians and perform to large audiences. With passionate concert footage and intimate behind-the-scenes glimpses into the band member's lives, the film paints a heart-warming portrait of what people with disabilities can do when given a chance.

Rizwan Khan is a Muslim immigrant to the US with Asperger's syndrome. After his family falls apart in the aftermath of 9/11, he begins an epic quest across the country to speak to the President of the United States and clear his name.

Explores the subject of parental love and autism in kids.

Neurotypical is an unprecedented exploration of autism from the point of view of autistic people themselves.

A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Sheltered by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is thrust into a world that doesn't expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest for a job and true love. And he isn't taking no for an answer.