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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 413155" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>An absolutely brilliant book for the other kids is "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon. it is fiction, written from the point of view of a teen boy with severe Asperger's. The author does not have Asperger's but does have amazing insight.</p><p></p><p>Also of value if you can get a copy, would be the film "The Black Balloon". It was released in 2008 and has won numerous awards including Berlin Film Festival.</p><p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865297/" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865297/</a></p><p></p><p>My three youngest and husband had bit parts in it (they cast autistic teens and their siblings in a small segment) but that's not why I recommend it. It's because it shows the point of view of the normal teens dealing with an autistic sibling. The autistic boy in this film is profoundly autistic and non-verbal. He's also a big handful. But the main message of the film is, you look after your family. Whatever you are given as family members, you look after each other because it's your job. It's a really good film, it has humour in it but it is not a comedy. It also has anger in it, frustration, it shows the hassles a kid faces from bullies too. It is very Australian which is not necessarily a bad thing. The writer/director was writing from personal experience. The film stars Toni Collette, Rhys Wakefield, Erik Thompson, supermodel Gemma Ward and Luke Ford (he went on to play the now-grown Alex in Mummy III). The film is available on DVD, definitely worth getting your hands on a copy. You might be able to ask your local library to order one in as a resource.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 413155, member: 1991"] An absolutely brilliant book for the other kids is "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon. it is fiction, written from the point of view of a teen boy with severe Asperger's. The author does not have Asperger's but does have amazing insight. Also of value if you can get a copy, would be the film "The Black Balloon". It was released in 2008 and has won numerous awards including Berlin Film Festival. [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865297/[/url] My three youngest and husband had bit parts in it (they cast autistic teens and their siblings in a small segment) but that's not why I recommend it. It's because it shows the point of view of the normal teens dealing with an autistic sibling. The autistic boy in this film is profoundly autistic and non-verbal. He's also a big handful. But the main message of the film is, you look after your family. Whatever you are given as family members, you look after each other because it's your job. It's a really good film, it has humour in it but it is not a comedy. It also has anger in it, frustration, it shows the hassles a kid faces from bullies too. It is very Australian which is not necessarily a bad thing. The writer/director was writing from personal experience. The film stars Toni Collette, Rhys Wakefield, Erik Thompson, supermodel Gemma Ward and Luke Ford (he went on to play the now-grown Alex in Mummy III). The film is available on DVD, definitely worth getting your hands on a copy. You might be able to ask your local library to order one in as a resource. Marg [/QUOTE]
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