Autism/Video/Book

In the video "Autism" it helped me understand what it really feels like to be autistic like chistopher. The video showed how hard of a life the kids are going through and not able to fully every emotion that is surrounding them. For example Neil and his mother have been through alot alone besides them dealing with Neil's Autism. Neil's mother is a hard working lady who tried best to help her son battle through this desease and get it under control. Her Husband had split up with her and it hurted her alot but it made her stronger. Christopher can relate to Neil in alot of ways, for example the parenthood; as you can see Christophers parents did break up. The video helped me understand the Disease "Autism" in a special way, the book helped but not as much as visual wise. When Christopher found his neighbors dog he went to her house and repeatedly kept coming and going and his behavior was very awkward. So his neighbor called the cops on him. In Neil's situation, when his behavior gets awkward and he doesnt know how to react to certain situations he becomes aggressive for example when he seen the litttle kid in the park. He attacked the little kid and he lost control of him self. Christopher and neil are alot similar when it comes to behavior too, they intend to attack.In the Movie Autism showed me how it affected more than one person and that it was a very serious illness, but in the book autism only showed me how it affected one person and it was only christopher. Autism can affect anyone and it can hurt parents so much because society will not just welcome these kids, it did not welcome christopher and Neil.