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MOVIES RELATED TO ASD

ADAM (2009)

"Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth." (imdb.com)

LIFE, ANIMATED (2016)

"A coming of age story about a boy and his family who overcame great challenges by turning Disney animated movies into a language to express love, loss, kinship and brotherhood." (imdb.com)

THE ACCOUNTANT (2016)

"As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities, and the body count starts to rise." (imdb.com)

JACK OF THE RED HEARTS (2015)

"A teenage con artist tricks a desperate mother into hiring her as a live-in companion for her autistic daughter." (imdb.com)

PO (2016)

"After his wife dies of cancer, an overworked engineer struggles to care for his son with autism. His son in response to bullying regresses into a fantasy world escape." (imdb.com)

PLEASE STAND BY (2017)

"A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in an attempt to submit her manuscript to a "Star Trek" writing competition." (imdb.com)

ASPERGER'S ARE US (2016)

"In this coming of age documentary, four friends on the Autism spectrum whom have bonded through humor and performed as the comedy troupe 'Asperger's Are Us' will prepare for one final, ambitious show before going their separate ways." (imdb.com)

ATHIRAN (2019)

"In an isolated hospital in the high ranges of Kerala, an autistic patient with special skills piques the interest of a psychiatrist, whose investigation into her past leads to startling revelations." (imdb.com)

DEEJ (2017)

"Abandoned by his birth parents and presumed incompetent, DJ Savarese (“Deej”) found not only a loving family but also a life in words, which he types on a text-to-voice synthesizer. As he makes his way through high school and dreams of college, he confronts the terrors of his past, society's obstacles to inclusion, and the sometimes paralyzing beauty of his own senses. In his advocacy on behalf of other nonspeaking autistics, he embraces filmmaking and poetry, and discovers what having a voice can truly mean." (deejmovie.com)

WIZARD MODE (2016)

"The life of Robert Gagno, an autistic pinball player." (imdb.com)

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