"The Autistic Me" (BBC documentary)

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23 Feb 2010, 4:44 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSxgCguPEaM[/youtube]
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23 Feb 2010, 4:56 pm

thanks for posting this

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23 Feb 2010, 6:55 pm

I saw this when it was originally transmitted here. It's a lovely documentary; the awkward romance is so sweet - rare to see things like this these days. :-)

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24 Feb 2010, 4:54 pm

Tequila wrote:

I saw this when it was originally transmitted here. It's a lovely documentary; the awkward romance is so sweet - rare to see things like this these days. :-)

I actually spoke to one of them before on my YouTube page... :lol:

Alex and that girl are now actually dating each other fully now, I think they might get married soon, I don't know, I should check out her YouTube channel.

Thanks for sharing the video, I remember it being broadcasted in my area too... yet Tom seems to remind me of me in a weird way with the tantrums and meltdowns... However the only problem is I can cope in social situations abit more than I used to and I used to get angry just like Tom did but I never really use psychical violence towards anyone yet I would throw a big fit back then because nobody would seem to understand me and I don't seem to know why and plus I felt I wasn't accepted in society.

I would rate this documentary 5 stars.

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25 Feb 2010, 11:47 am

superboyian wrote:

Tequila wrote:

I saw this when it was originally transmitted here. It's a lovely documentary; the awkward romance is so sweet - rare to see things like this these days. :-)

I actually spoke to one of them before on my YouTube page... :lol:

Alex and that girl are now actually dating each other fully now, I think they might get married soon, I don't know, I should check out her YouTube channel.

Send me the link!

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25 Feb 2010, 12:02 pm

I've seen this, it's very good. I like how they show different people on different parts of the spectrum, and showed their points of view and what their lives are like. I hated that boy's mum for taking that letter, though.

It's certainly MUCH better than Channel 4's Make Me Normal program, I tried to watch that on YouTube recently and couldn't bear it... Too much anti-neurodiversity BS, I felt like I was watching an Autism Speaks video.

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28 Feb 2010, 1:33 am

Tom's mum should not have taken the letter. If that happened to me I would probably have trashed my room looking for the letter. Tom's mum reminds me of my mum. Just the whole being nosy and not trying to understand him. I was like Tom as a teenager, just not violent. But I think I communicated about as much.
Good documentary.

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02 Mar 2010, 2:58 pm

Just an observation:
Who thinks the chubby one sounds like the hamster on creature comforts?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7PdhPVJeJg[/youtube]
He even looks like him

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