Friday, December 13, 2013

Film and Television...and Asperger's Syndrome

Film and television creators are finally including more and more characters with Asperger's Syndrome. Sarah Kurchak, writer for Flavorwire.com, lists 15 interesting film and television characters with Asperger's appearing on popular shows, which you can read more about here.

A few years ago I was asked by Palm Beach Film School teacher Michael Lobsinger to executive produce a short documentary film about one of the teenage students at the school who had this autism spectrum disorder. The result was an informative, heart-warming film giving us a glimpse into the life of a teenage boy with Asperger's. The film is called "Divaan's Dream," and you can watch it here on the blog:


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