I gathered videos from YouTube with regard to
Autism, PDD, ADHD, Aspergers, and Epilepsy. These are not
exhaustive, but were effective for me as a parent. If you have a
video on youtube.com that you would like me to share here, please
send the link. No inappropriate material will be played. The other
videos are music, and movies. Glad to have you here, grab a cuppa or
sandwich, take a break and have a good watch. (You might need some
tissues too). There is also information on Social Stories for
children. Peace all.
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AUTISM
EPILEPSY
Temple Grandin
Pervasive Developmental Disorder
ADHD
SOCIAL STORIES
Think Differently About Autism
Tics, Tourettes, Stims
Missing Pieces (Mark Leland)
You Tube
Movies worth watching:
A Child is Waiting
This was Judy Garland's last film I believe. I am positive she would have become a spokeswoman on behalf of our children in the cause of Autism had she not died.
This movie is about a little boy diagnosed as MR, but its pretty clear at least to me we were looking at an autistic child. It is a good one to watch because it made me realize how far we have come. What I thought of was how important it is to get the diagnosis right. Its an old movie but good.
Snowcake
Definitely worth watching.
Here's the trailer:
Change of Habit
Stars: Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Jane Elliot, Barbara
McNair
Released: 1969
Director: William Graham
Elvis plays a physician who runs a medical clinic in a poor neighborhood. Three nuns are sent to assist Elvis in his medical practice. A parent brings her girl to the clinic for an evaluation and treatment. The girl is diagnosed as having autism because she rocks, does not want to be held, and does not respond to sounds. Elvis treats the girl, and she begins to break out of her autism.
Rain Man
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino
Released: 1988
Director: Barry Levinson
Length: 140 Minutes
A car dealer returns to his boyhood home soon after learning about his father's death. His father left a large sum of money to a benefactor, his autistic brother, Raymond. Raymond was institutionalized soon after his mother's death because of the fear that he might accidentally hurt his younger brother. Raymond has many autistic features, such as perseverations, insistence on sameness, rocking, self-injury, and savant abilities.
The Boy Who Could Fly
Stars: Jay Underwood, Lucy Deakins, Fred Savage, Colleen Dewhurst,
Fred Gwynne, Louise Fletcher
Released: 1986
Director: Nick Castle
Length: 114 Minutes
A teenager with autism is sent to live with his uncle after his parents die in an airplane crash. The teenager exhibits many features of autism such as social withdrawal, no language, and stereotypic behaviors. A girl who lives in a house next door befriends the teenager.
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