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At 9:58 mark, an annoyed, and impatient estranged father physically attacks his own son with autism spectrum disorder.

Dear me, I am living this movie in our home in Texas with our 35 year old son with severe autism. I am so glad to find this film. I get up every 10 seconds and if I’m lucky a full minute. I get one to four hours of sleep a night and only when our son is also sleeping. If I dare to sleep any other time, I wake up to something broken like doors, a lamp or a hole in the wall. We are trying to get him in a state supported group home that can handle him. It’s going to be a miracle if we can do it!

There are a lot more of us being diagnosed who were autistic all along, but because we speak vocally and don't have significant executive deficits, we slipped through the cracks. When I say, "significant executive deficits," I mean, if you didn't call us for a week, we would probably still be alive and more or less healthy. We might not bathe daily, or eat nutritiously, or keep a job, or have friends, or pay our bills, but historically, before diagnosis, we were merely perceived to be screwups, not people with genetic brain issues. I think, as more vocal-verbal autistics go into the science and sociology of autism, with an insider's perspective, it will be easier to create solutions. Here's hoping....

36:04 When he was slapping the wall or table and then holding his ears, I thought, looks like he has a headache. Since he types, it should be, if not easy, at least possible to help accommodate his need for comfort in that sense.

why did all guys from the US don´t shave the armpits? here all, women and men´s shave the armpits but there every guy have a big bush of hairs under the arms?!? most movies like high school musical they have a big bush of dark hairs under the arms...???

Aww your boys so sweet

I live with my little brother who has servere autism 3 yrs ago my mom passed away and my world changed so fast never thought I would be taking care of my little brother it's so much work and patience so much regret of not helping my mom enough when she was alive that'll live with me for the rest of my my sad thing is it's been 3 years and he's still not over my mom's death

Karen did this to duke

What an incredible story! This practically brings tears to my eyes.

At first I felt a bit queasy because of some ableist language, but as it went on, I was very happy by how things turned out. I’m glad Tamara found a loving and supportive partner, and her sons started using AAC to communicate, which they really, really needed. I’m also glad there was no ABA involved and no ABA therapists, as those guys deserve better than that. Tamara sounds like a very loving mom, and I’m glad they have her

Thank you so much for making this video, i related with everything the mom has gone through, my son is non verbal as well and i worry all the time about him when i wont be around, the struggle with getting support and services is extremely exhausting and makes me so angry with the government, we live in Canada, Toronto and my son is on a waitlist for funding that wiill take 5 to 7 years, its so expensive to pay for his services, u feel like your always on fight mode for your kids but he has changed my life , he has shown me me what real, pure love is and im such a different person cause of him, to all the parents out there stay strong and u are loved❤❤❤ love Diane and kingston❤❤❤❤

Good morning Duke, You made me cry, tears of Joy, Joy for You. God Speed! JL

I hope they get the funding they need…it saddens me to know that their wishes would be fulfilled if a person like Jeff Bezos could donate one day’s salary and could fund to build several of these communities 💔💔

This lady has the patience of a saint.

Your such a sweet and good mom you remind me of my mom, which makes me love you even more ! Your sons are lucky to have you as a mom❤

Meds might help.

Respect 🙏, you are 1 in a million I have also such a ling and hard to Belive story, What you doing is very inspiring

I have only watched 5 mins and you are the most patient and beautiful mum❤❤❤❤ oh I wish I could help you and give you huge hugs!!! Sadly I'm in Australia 🇦🇺 my son has high functioning Asperges and I get tired and stressed with him. I have learned so much from you. Thank you. Sending you and your gorgeous boys huge hugs and so much love!!!❤❤❤

Thank you for this Amazing Documentary, I couldn’t stop Crying 😭😭 I also have 2 boys with Autism 🧩💙 4 yr old & 13 💙🧩 year old , thank you for allowing us your side and that we are definitely Not Alone 🙏😭

My son was diagnosed with level 3 autism at age 4. It’s hard to say the least. I try so hard to help him with speech therapy and ABA. But I always feel like I’m not doing enough. He really likes to be on his tablet and I get criticized for letting him I just feel like everyone wants to tell you what to do but it’s exhausting you have to work extra hard when you have a special needs child. There needs to be more support for the families.

Thank you for sharing your incredible story with us! To view such an intimate telling of severe autism delivered through this documentary penetrated my mind, heart, and soul. You and your family are absolutely an inspiration to me... what love and compassion were conveyed in this film. I extend to you all infinite love and respect.

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That was entertaining,emotional,and a good short film! I have high functioning autism and I saw other nonverbal autistics in the past when I was in teen social skills,and I thought it was a film about duke Ellington when I saw the title :( oh well,but being a good short film I can't complain.

Trigeminal neuralgia?

I am so proud of you girlie for doing what you do. I have high functioning autism, but not to this point where I’m nonverbal and I’m very aware of my surroundings and try to be a very good person. I have my few moments, but never to this extreme, and I really love your idea of creating a place where people can live as a community to help each other out😊❤

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Thanks for doing this. Many have a misunderstanding of autism. Many don't know its a spectrum which means some will have speech and some don't. I hope this helps people understand the amazing work parents do for their kids with autism.

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The boys looked okay at first. Have they had lots of injections? My friends son was normal for his age before he had the measles jab. Now he's 6 and cant even write his name or speak properly.

It's a tear jerker and I have only watched the trailer (I am a parent of an Autistic Child).

I'm so happy you shared this story. From the comments it seems clear that many people have no idea that this is a lifestyle mirrored in thousands of homes. (I believe the autism rate is now 1 in 44.) For those of us that do know, we are grateful to see real autism on screen. It's not all Atypical. Sometimes its nonverbal and violent, and we need to address this massive pandemic and create housing and programs for this quickly growing population.

What an amazing mother! God bless this family.

Maybe instead of funding WARS Fund this! These are our own Babies! Loved ones! How can our Gov. Not Care?😢

guess the father isnt going to make an appearance

I am a mom of two girls with autism one verbal and the other non verbal with severe behavior disorder .it is a 24/7 job .

Wish I cud have tried carnivore with them at first signs.

How the hell does a parent deal w this craziness

Its truly insane behavior. That's what you see in mental institutes . they used to just give them frontal lobotomies .

I'm sorry but I could never keep a child with that, cause I'm bipolar. Can't even watch this. So sorry for them n parents. Not fair

I felt like looking our life in a mirror. The struggles , the pain, the emotions, the devastation hiding behind the mama's beautiful smile and jokes, the constant battle that goes on in our mind, body and soul when seeing our babies struggle all of their life, even after exhausting every avenue to bring them back . My son has no way of communication and goes through so much pain that we havent been able to pin point for so long, it is the worst feeling in the world not knowing how to take away his pain and we live like this every day.

I have a relative with a 21 year old daughter who is low functioning autistic non verbal..I’ve watched her struggles through the years and I know that there needs to be more resources, more research and more understanding for the families. This lady and any one who has more than one adult child with ASD are saints! I don’t think I could do it…blessings and much prayer for all!🙏🏻. Excellent documentary! ❤

Thank you so much for sharing your story. I have shared this with others in the community and I hope that your vision spreads and becomes a reality.

When my child was diagnosed back in 1999, I thought I was the only one in the world dealing with this. What spiked the increase in cases of profound autism? Children's Health Defense has been very helpful in figuring it out for me. If you don't know Rolf Hazlehurst, Mark Blaxil, JB Handley or Brian Hooker, I would recommend you research what's going on. This is preventable. Reply

Thanks for posting this!

Absolutely beautifully and real what a woman amazing sons thank you for showing the world all sides of your most incredible lives. Carers blessings to you all the real man god bought you all together. With true love ❤🎉

Thank you for making this. I can so relate with my 14 yr old non speaking twins.

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This was so emotional to watch as a mom who have 2 kids with autism and none verbal

Beautiful movie. Congratulations. We can change the world for the better. Keep going.

What a beautiful film, I cried