Ahead of this year’s World Autism Awareness Day (April 2nd, 2017), the New York Times has released “Perfectly Normal”, a short documentary about Jordan, a man with Asperger’s Syndrome. As the film’s reviewer (whose brother is a severely autistic adult) points out, “our culture seems to have twin blind spots for both older adults with autism and for teens with autism and developmental disabilities about to enter adulthood.”
The piece demonstrates the power of storytelling to overcome the lack of understanding of the challenges of those with autism, and sheds much needed light on those whose struggles don’t disappear after childhood but rather require a lifetime of determination and support.
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