Autism the Musical

After watching the film, Autism: The Musical it really helped me understand the disease, and the way kids that have it react to different things. One main thing I learned after watching this video is that people with Autism just think differently, than people without the disease. People with autism use their brains differently than people that do not have the disease. This does not mean that they are less smart or can't use their minds in the same way as normal people, but it simply means they process things differently than other people. In some cases, people with autism can actually be extremely smart. This movie really helped me to understand the character Christopher in the book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Christopher is actually very smart, and knows many different things such as all the prime numbers up to seven thousand and something. Even I don't know that and I'm in college and Christopher is only fifteen years old. In the movie, Henry is also a very smart kid for his age especially when it comes to prehistoric animals. During the movie, they showed him in a museum rambling off all these facts about all these different animals. I though this was amazing for a child his age. Many autistic kids, also have many specific talents that they are extremely good at. In Christopher's case, he was very good at math. He could do math problems easily in his head that were very complex. In the movie, Lexi and Adam were very talented in the music field. Lexi was an amazing singer who had a great voice, and Adam could play the cello extremely well for a seven year old. When I heard the two, I was in awe. They very both so good at what they did. After watching this video, it really helped me to fully understand people with Autism. They aren't always necessarily dumb they are usually extremely smart, and can use their minds in ways people without the disease ever could. I thought it was great what Elaine did for the children, and I really think that it helped each and every kid become a better person in their own way. I'm sure it also helped their families in a number of ways as well.