Make me normal.
- Date:
- 2005
- Videos
About this work
Description
This documentary presents an intimate portrait of relatively high-achieving children with autism at Spa School in Bermondsey, one of the biggest state schools for autism in Britain. We meet Roxanne who longs to have a friend but her aggressive and inappropriate behaviour preculdes this, Moneer who has Asperger Syndrome and is dealing with the death of his mother, Esther who is a loner and Roy who is completely obsessed with Eastenders. What the film gets across most powerfully perhaps is the sense of how differently autism affects each child, revealing layers of complexity to the condition not usually shown.
Publication/Creation
UK : Channel 4, 2005.
Physical description
1 DVD (50 min.) : sound, color.
Series
Notes
Broadcast on 2 June, 2005
Creator/production credits
Filmed and directed by Jonathon Smith.
Copyright note
Century Films for Channel 4
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores4056D