Global News (Making a Difference) visit Wayne's Cup
On 3 February 2017, Susan Hay the anchor and producer of Making a Difference on Global News came to see the work undertaken at Wayne's Cup café and life skills centre.
Video courtesy of Global News Toronto
CityNews pay a visit to Wayne's Cup Café
Video courtesy of CityNews, Toronto, Ontario
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The Peanut Butter Falcon
A modern Mark Twain style adventure story, The Peanut Butter Falcon tells the story of Zak (Zack Gottsagen), a young man with Down syndrome, who runs away from a residential nursing home to follow his dream of attending the professional wrestling school of his idol, The Salt Water Redneck (Thomas Haden Church). A strange turn of events pairs him on the road with Tyler (Shia LaBeouf), a small-time outlaw on the run, who becomes Zak’s unlikely coach and ally. Together they wind through deltas, elude capture, drink whisky, find God, catch fish, and convince Eleanor (Dakota Johnson), a kind nursing home employee charged with Zak’s return, to join them on their journey.
Trailer courtesy of Roadside Attractions
The Good Doctor - Sometimes being different can make all the difference
Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital’s surgical unit. Alone in the world and unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the scepticism of his colleagues.
Trailer courtesy of ABC Television Network
Sam, the dancing barista meets Ellen DeGeneres
Sam from Toronto, Canada is a barista who has autism.
To help him focus he dances his way through the workday and after a video of his dance moves went viral, Ellen DeGeneres just had to meet him and his boss in person.
The A Word
The A Word is a 6-part drama series about a messy extended family with a child newly diagnosed with autism at its centre.
More than that, it is a drama about a family who cannot communicate. This is not because they aren’t smart, articulate or funny, but because, like most of us, there is a gulf between their deepest feelings and how they express them.
Trailer courtesy of the BBC
Including people with autism in our lives requires a change in thinking
Until quite recently, autism was generally regarded as a rare medical condition of childhood, in which affected individuals were severely handicapped and usually had to be institutionalised and cared for, often for lengthy periods, sometimes for life.
In only the past few years, we have come to realise that this viewpoint was far too narrow, and that our way of thinking had to radically change.
Read the rest of this excellent article by Vaughan Bowen from the Calgary Herald.
The character Mr Spock from Star Trek shared traits associated with autism, but he was a valued member of the Starship Enterprise crew