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Amazing Things Happen - by Alexander Amelines
Different isn't broken. A five-minute way to help kids get it.
Who it's for
The film was made because there were few engaging visual materials for explaining autism to children, so it gives families and classrooms a simple shared starting point.
Confused→Understood
Feelings it meets
What it is
Amazing Things Happen is a short animated film of about five minutes, made by Alex Amelines in 2017 as an introduction to autism for young non-autistic audiences. It presents autistic people as ordinary people who experience the world in a distinctive way, not as defined by illness or by exceptional ability.
Where to find it
YouTube, National Autistic Society channel (free); also linked from amazingthingshappen.tv.
Before you start
Age: Ages 6+
The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door;Emily Dickinson, Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series
