The movie is about an autistic person who defies existing social customs and traditions for a good cause.

But critics say the messages usually reflect the thoughts of the assistant, not the autistic person, and impartial evaluations seem to agree.

This activity is said to benefit the communication, motor skills, and social skills of an autistic person.

Body language, facial expressions, gestures, and turning away from someone may be cues that are missed by an autistic person.

Social stories can be used to communicate ways in which an autistic person can prepare themselves for social interaction.

The interior processes of the autistic person are still a mystery.

The strongest evidence against the method has come from studies in which an autistic person and the facilitator are asked to respond to different information.

For example, she writes, speak indirectly to an autistic person, as though addressing no one in particular.

Autism experts are studying him, amazed to discover, for what they say is the first time, a severely autistic person who can explain his disorder.

The 28-year-old autistic person mentioned could not have received more than four years of public education, if even that.