This is a
very good British movie about exactly what is different about those with
autism, and in some ways it demonstrates just how important it is for those
kids who are “on the spectrum”. Nathan
knows that he is different, and tragically his father, the only person who
really got him, dies in a car accident when he is quite young, and his mother
(aptly played by Sally Hawkins) is left to cope. She does an admirable job of getting him the
help he needs to fully realize his talents as a mathematician, going so far as
to be recognized as one of the very best in England. It is in that group of kids that he does not
stand out as that weird, and he has his first interactions with girls that is
positive. The mantra for raising kids
who are a bit different is to help them to feel as normal as possible for as
long as possible so that they can gain as much as possible, and this is a
really nice film depicting the value of that.
There is a side bar message about trauma and how hard it is to process
in childhood that is also well worth thinking about for all of us, not just
those who are raising kids who are a bit different.
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