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Showing 1 - 10 of 16 titles with a criteria of Subject is Asperger and Autism Spectrum Disorder


Austin Unbound

A look at the intersection of disability and gender identity.

Collective Eye Films | 2014 | 43 minutes

Autism: A World Apart

Three families show us what the textbooks and studies cannot show about autism.

The Fanlight Collection | 1988 | 29 minutes

Autism: The Road Back

Charts the personal journey of three families with children who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

National Film Board of Canada | 2005 | 54 minutes

Being Michelle

A deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse uses her artwork to depict the trauma and heal from her past.

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 80 minutes

Being Michelle (French Version)

A deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse uses her artwork to depict the trauma and heal from her past.

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 80 minutes

Being Michelle (Spanish Version)

A deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse uses her artwork to depict the trauma and heal from her past.

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 80 minutes

The Boy Inside

The distressing story of the filmmaker's son Adam, a 12-year-old with Asperger Syndrome, during a tumultuous year in the life of their family.

The Fanlight Collection | 2006 | 47 minutes

A Child Unlike Any Other

Jan Maka was a child like any other, until his family's lives were turned upside down when it was discovered he had autism.

National Film Board of Canada | 2005 | 11 minutes

Latest News from the Cosmos

It wasn't until Helene was 20 years old that her parents discovered that their autistic daughter was able not only communicate, but to write deeply complex, philosophical and poetic work.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 85 minutes

Penelope, My Love

For 18 years, director Claire Doyon has been filming Pénélope, her daughter with autism. Composed of DV tapes, Super 8 reels and HD archives, Penelope My Love traces the relationship between mother and daughter through different stages – the shock of the diagnosis, the fight against it, the resolve, the acceptance and discovery of a different mode of existence.

Lightdox | 2021 | 88 minutes