Autism Spectrum Disorders
Featuring Paul Shattock, the director of the Autism Research Unit at Sunderland University, this program examines autism spectrum disorders and considers alternative treatment methods, including changes in diet, osteopathic therapies, and homeopathi...
The boy inside
Documents a young boy's struggle with Asperger syndrome. Aspergers is an increasingly common form of autism typically characterized by high intellectual functioning, coupled with emotionally inappropriate behavior and an inability to interact succes...
A Little Matter of Gender: Developmental Differences among Savants
One of the great success stories from the world of autism, Temple Grandin revolutionized the field of livestock management, empowered by her sensitivity with animals. Tommy McHugh displayed no such sensitivity—until a brain hemorrhage transformed ...
The Autism Puzzle
Forty years ago autism was an obscure disorder that was thought to affect only two to four children in every 10,000, but now some British teachers are claiming to see it in one out of every 86 children. What has happened? Is there an epidemic of aut...
Baron-Cohen: Autism—Core Studies in Psychology
In this program, Simon Baron-Cohen, professor of developmental psychopathology and director of Cambridge University’s Autism Research Centre, discusses his case study “Another Advanced Test of Theory of Mind” as it relates to people with Asper...
Beautiful minds: Part II: The Einstein effect
Mute until the age of nine, Stephen Wiltshire learned to communicate through realistic, richly detailed drawings. Alonzo Clemens sculpts clay animal figures with great precision, even though he can barely form a sentence. Matt Savage faced extraordi...
Oops, Wrong Planet: Understanding Asperger's Syndrome
Einstein, Beethoven, Mozart, Van Gogh: all displayed symptoms of Asperger’s syndrome. But not every person with Asperger’s is a genius. This program follows a self-described eccentric who, after discovering he matches up with the general Asperge...
Autism in the Classroom: What Teachers Need to Know
Autism is one of the fastest growing disabilities that affect children in many different and unique ways. Many teachers have not been taught about autism and what special care may be needed to help children with this disability. This program is desi...
Autism: A Separate Reality
Featuring pediatric specialist J. Pomeroy, this program traces scientific and behavioral studies regarding autism. It includes commentary from parents, grandparents, and an expert in behavior modification. The DVD introduces the disorder, considers ...
Autism: diagnosis, causes, and treatments
What is it like for people with autism, living among others yet always, in a sense, living alone? And how do their parents cope, as they care for them? Built around several case studies, this program distinguishes between high- and low-functioning a...