Review of Autism: The Musical (2007) by Michael G — 04 Apr 2008

My wife (who works with an autistic teen) made me watch this. Autism the Musical definitely makes you think about the way that autism is currently regarded and proves that there are very alive people under a sometimes distant exterior--as shown through the 5 main kids highlighted in this documentary.

I felt kind of bad for some of the kids in more ways than one (some of these parents were annoying as all hell--I know they've got the best interests of the kids at heart, BUT STILL!) The fact that they seemed to mostly focus on affluent families (the son of Stephen Stills, the son of a former Playboy modem) was kind of a turn off since 1 in 150 kids are diagnosed with autism and the odds of them being rich aren't as good.

In the end if you know are are related to to someone autistic this is essential viewing, but if you're not or aren't interested don't bother.