Ben X – Asperger Syndrome in the Movies

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Ben X is a 2007 Belgian film about a boy with Asperger Syndrome.  Due to constant bullying at school he retreats into the fantasy world of an online game called ArchLord.  This film received much attention after winning three awards at the Montreal World Film Festival including the Grand Prix des Amériques, the Prix du [...]

January 14, 2009       Posted in: AS Community & Culture
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Billy The Kid

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Billy The Kid is the story of a teenager with Asperger’s Syndrome from a small working class town in Maine.  This documentary follows Billy as he navigates life, trying to mesh together his ideas of the world and its workings and the reality of it all.  Billy shows the audience the way love, relationships, and daily life [...]

November 10, 2008       Posted in: AS Community & Culture
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