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Movies (Fiction)
Mercury Rising (DVD)
Stars Bruce Willis as a man protecting an autistic boy who is skilled at deciphering puzzles. There is a contrast between the boy's regular life with routines, and a sudden change in his life that follows his call to a hotline for a puzzle he deciphered. The interactions between the boy and other characters, as well as his reactions to various events, are easily the most compelling parts of the story.
Books (Fiction)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
(paperback) (mass market paperback)
Christopher is a 15-year-old autistic boy. Mathematically gifted and socially hopeless, he is raised in a working-class home by parents who can barely cope with their child's quirks. He takes everything that he sees (or is told) at face value, and is unable to sort out the strange behaviour of his elders and peers.
Late one night, Christopher comes across his neighbour's poodle, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork. Wellington's owner finds him cradling her dead dog in his arms, and has him arrested. After spending a night in jail, Christopher resolves -- against the objection of his father and neighbours -- to discover just who has murdered Wellington.(from Amazon.ca)
Books (Non-Fiction)
Making Peace with Autism :One Family's Story of Struggle, Discovery, and Unexpected Gifts
(paperback) (mass market paperback)
Receiving a diagnosis of autism is a major crisis for parents and families, who often feel as if their world has come to an end. In this insightful narrative, a courageous and inspiring mother explains why a diagnosis of autism doesn't have to shatter a family's dreams of happiness. Senator offers the hard-won, in-the-trenches wisdom of someone who's been there and is still there today—and she demonstrates how families can find courage, contentment, and connection in the shadow of autism.
In Making Peace with Autism, Susan Senator describes her own journey raising a child with a severe autism spectrum disorder, along with two other typically developing boys. Without offering a miracle treatment or cure, Senator offers valuable strategies for coping successfully with the daily struggles of life with an autistic child.
Along the way she models the combination of stamina and courage, openness, and humor that has helped her family to survive—and even to thrive. Topics include: the agony of diagnosis, grieving and acceptance, finding the right school program, helping siblings with their struggles and concerns, having fun together, and keeping the marriage strong .
Movies (Fiction)
Mercury Rising (DVD)
Stars Bruce Willis as a man protecting an autistic boy who is skilled at deciphering puzzles. There is a contrast between the boy's regular life with routines, and a sudden change in his life that follows his call to a hotline for a puzzle he deciphered. The interactions between the boy and other characters, as well as his reactions to various events, are easily the most compelling parts of the story.
Books (Fiction)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
(paperback) (mass market paperback)
Christopher is a 15-year-old autistic boy. Mathematically gifted and socially hopeless, he is raised in a working-class home by parents who can barely cope with their child's quirks. He takes everything that he sees (or is told) at face value, and is unable to sort out the strange behaviour of his elders and peers.
Late one night, Christopher comes across his neighbour's poodle, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork. Wellington's owner finds him cradling her dead dog in his arms, and has him arrested. After spending a night in jail, Christopher resolves -- against the objection of his father and neighbours -- to discover just who has murdered Wellington.(from Amazon.ca)
Books (Non-Fiction)
Making Peace with Autism :One Family's Story of Struggle, Discovery, and Unexpected Gifts
(paperback) (mass market paperback)
Receiving a diagnosis of autism is a major crisis for parents and families, who often feel as if their world has come to an end. In this insightful narrative, a courageous and inspiring mother explains why a diagnosis of autism doesn't have to shatter a family's dreams of happiness. Senator offers the hard-won, in-the-trenches wisdom of someone who's been there and is still there today—and she demonstrates how families can find courage, contentment, and connection in the shadow of autism.
In Making Peace with Autism, Susan Senator describes her own journey raising a child with a severe autism spectrum disorder, along with two other typically developing boys. Without offering a miracle treatment or cure, Senator offers valuable strategies for coping successfully with the daily struggles of life with an autistic child.
Along the way she models the combination of stamina and courage, openness, and humor that has helped her family to survive—and even to thrive. Topics include: the agony of diagnosis, grieving and acceptance, finding the right school program, helping siblings with their struggles and concerns, having fun together, and keeping the marriage strong .
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In high school, I had to do a presentation on autism in a course I took on parenting. I used clips of Mercury Rising in the presentation.
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