Sweet Sibling Short

categories: acceptance, art and music, Diagnosis

Published July 30, 2009 @ 04:00PM PT

The Aspergers Association of New England (AANE) has a documentary short posted on their site called My Brother Tom. The film was made by Kaz Gamble about, well, his brother Tom (strange, I know). The film is also about acceptance, understanding, the importance of diagnosis, and insight both into a healthy sibling point of view and into issues specific to that generation of individuals who were not diagnosed until well into adulthood. Most importantly though, it's a sweet, fun film to watch.

Here's the trailer from YouTube.

You can view the full film on AANE's site.

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Not captioned, of course. And the full film's on a host that can't even be captioned via Overstream...

Posted by Cody Boisclair on 07/30/2009 @ 05:17PM PT
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Thank you Dora,

And AANE....I want my soon to be 17 y/o to avoid the confusion that an NT world subjects him to and fly on the skills he has. My heart to the family in the film on their honesty but especially to Tom. He must be pretty damn amazing in his emotional and coping skills to persevere throughout the confusion (on everyones part) and the depression that Tom surely felt.

Posted by Kate Apgar on 07/30/2009 @ 05:48PM PT
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Intriguing.

Posted by Thomas McHugh on 07/30/2009 @ 07:02PM PT
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Dora is committed to improving quality of life for individuals on the autistic spectrum--including herself! She is Co-director of the Academic Autistic Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education and a member of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network's Board of Directors.