The Autistic Me | movie | 2009 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

This documentary follows three people with autism at pivotal moments on the rocky road to being accepted as an adult. Th | dG1feXB1UHVOUzdDU0E

Transcript

00:00 There's a lot of high expectation for somebody who's got autism to actually conform to society's rules.

00:09 What's it like to grow up in a world that views you differently?

00:14 How do you really become an adult when everyone treats you like a child?

00:19 People like me don't understand what's real and what's not real.

00:23 I still see them as a little four year old.

00:25 I don't think and operate like everyone else.

00:28 I just go with the flow.

00:30 I follow the lives of three autistic young men as they negotiate the everyday struggles of growing up.

00:38 I can see you.

00:40 Looking for love.

00:42 He's using the eyes of the beholder and I'm the beholder.

00:45 Desperate for work.

00:47 Tell me I have a job.

00:48 And longing for independence.

00:50 Get out of my face then.

00:52 Is it? Is it because I'm autistic?

00:57 [Music]