Asperger’s, Autism, and The Square Root of 2: A Neurodiversity Documentary – complete transcript
[opening] Harold “Hackie” Reitman, M.D.: He leaned back in is chair, and he said, “Somebody oughta’ make a movie.” Dr. Lori Butts, J.D., Ph.D.: Darby Stanchfield did a great job displaying the emotional difficulties that she experienced. David Linsley: He called me, and told me, “The whole movie is about Asperger’s.” Hackie: […]
How one police officer helped a non-verbal young man with Autism
Sometimes frustrations in communicating their thoughts and feelings make kids with autism do things like run away from home. When a 16-year-old boy who has autism and is non-verbal ran away from home this fall for the second time, the responding police officer who helped find him decided to try to prevent it from happening again.
