movies with actors that portray an autistic person or that takes care of an autistic person.
2007-04-09 18:54:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Special Education
-Lorenzo oil
-Backstreet Dreams
-Change of Habit
-Rain Man
-The Boy Who Could Fly
-Little Man Tate*
-Miracle Run (on Lifetime)
-Normal People Scare Me
-Mozart and the Whale
-House of Cards
-The Wild Child
2007-04-10 08:54:44 · answer #1 · answered by mom_princess77 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's also Bless the Child, Family Pictures, Relative Fear. While it's not stated in the film, some consider Forrest Gump to be autistic and Leonardo DiCaprio's character from What's Eating Gilbert Grape? I don't know if someone already said The Boy Who Could Fly and Mozart and the Whale.
A great website with a list of movies with main and minor characters with ASD:
http://www.disabilityfilms.co.uk/autismtoc.htm
Good luck...
2007-04-10 23:35:07 · answer #2 · answered by eliza8 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rain Man is a movie about two conditions — autism and Savant Syndrome. Dustin Hoffman
Nell - Jodie Foster
Zigzag - a 2001 movie . A fifteen year old autistic boy, Zigzag, lives with his alcoholic and abusive father.
2007-04-10 02:09:13 · answer #3 · answered by Beckers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Movies About Autism:
Backstreet Dreams
Change of Habit
Rain Man
The Boy Who Could Fly
House of Cards*
Little Man Tate*
*personal favorites
2007-04-10 03:39:18 · answer #4 · answered by ableego 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Rainman, Snowcake, Molly, Mercury Rising,
Asperger's: Mozart and the whale
2007-04-12 19:02:25 · answer #5 · answered by Me Encanta Espanol 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AUTISM IS A WORLD please see it, I found it at my local library. Even if yours doesn't have it, a lot of times they can borrow from other libs. It is a documentary of sorts. VERY informative into the world of Autism.This is NOT actors, it's the real deal, kinda raw and edgy but a grabber none the less. I think you will enjoy it.
2007-04-11 07:44:58 · answer #6 · answered by little lu-lu 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am Sam is actually about a man who is Intellectually disabled, not Autistic.
Mercury Rising it about a child with Autism. Both is and Rainman are excellent portrayals of people with Autism.
2007-04-10 02:05:43 · answer #7 · answered by Kezza 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Rainman
2007-04-10 02:00:01 · answer #8 · answered by sashs.geo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rainman, Lorenzo's Oil, Sam I am, & there is a movie starring Bruce Willis where a kid w/ autism cracks a military secret code...can't remember the name.
2007-04-10 11:05:25 · answer #9 · answered by artist0027 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Girl under the piano. An old one but it shows how a person can learn to live with thier disabilities. I had to find on ebay.
2007-04-10 11:14:49 · answer #10 · answered by Clays mom 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋