Autism Movies

Overwhelmed by motherhood, Ester steals a caravan and flees to southern Italy with her son David, with an intellectual disability. They meet a young...

A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.

When fifteen-year-old Tyson attends public school for the first time, his life is changed forever. While helping his father clean up after the...

Cho-won is an autistic but happy young man who loves to draw zebras and run. His mother wants him to feel normal by accomplishing a feat that no one...

An Indian American family learns to cope with the inherent challenges of raising an autistic child facing down social pressures and stigma.

How far would you go to change a child the world can’t understand? One autistic artist survives a hidden system of abuse built to correct her.

Corinne is a single mother of twin 5-year-old boys, Steven and Phillip, who are diagnosed with autism. Public school officials threaten to remove...

The struggle of a father to heal his autistic son through a self-burying ritual.

Three individuals describe their unique ways of coping with everyday stress, anxiety, and mental health. A narrative short film presented as...

Following the death of a hotelier in Punta del Este, Uruguay, an unexpected inheritance dispute begins. Stallone, an actor with Down syndrome,...

A film about Rikard, age 30. He is autistic and severely disfigured. He lives in a home for disabled people. He was separated from his mother as a...

A football coach afraid of commitment has to take care of his nephew with Asperger's Syndrome.

Dr. John Carpenter takes the job of running a health center in a low-income district. He enlists three women to help out who — unbeknownst to...

Marissa and Eric encourage their young son with autism, who is determined to set a Guinness World Record — and has the chance to do so on...

Robert Rooy's documentary follows DJ Savarese ("Deej"), a nonspeaking autistic writer and poet. The film explores his difficult early life, his quest...

Guang is a story about two brothers. The elder brother, Wen Guang is autistic. Wen Guang is often misunderstood. Above all, he lives with attention...

An autistic child's first day in a new school.

Actress and filmmaker Robyn Adams discusses her experiences with autism, gender identity, and learning to embrace her flaws. Also, she's...

A mother travels to Patagonia with her autistic son with the hope that a ranger and a pod of wild orcas can help him find an emotional connection.

A recently widowed, now single father struggles to raise his sixth-grade son with autism. The pressure of his job and coping with the loss of his...