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Autism Is A World
 

May 2006

Nominated for an Academy Award, "Autism Is A World" is a rare look at autism through the words of a young woman who lives with it.


  
Autism is a World

   Her name is Sue Rubin. She has autism and until the age of 13, she was
   assumed to be retarded. Now 26, she is in college and lives on her own
   with assistance from others. "Autism Is A World" is an attempt, she says,
   "to bring people into my world of autism."

  

Childhood

  Rita Rubin, Sue's mother, says that she and her husband had to watch Sue
  every minute, as she did a lot of self-abusive behavior, such as banging her
  head and biting her hand. "It's horrible to have to watch your own child hurt
  herself that way," Rita Rubin says.

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A difficult world

  Asked to describe what her life was like before she learned to communicate,
  Rubin says it is very difficult to explain to someone who is not autistic.
 
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  College


  Rubin attends Whittier College near Los Angeles, California. She enjoys
  learning but her autism makes sitting in lectures a "constant struggle."

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  Support


  Rubin requires constant support even though she lives on her own. She
  enjoys spending time with Danny Ibarra, a member of her support staff
  who takes her to the horse racetrack.

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(Note: To play videos, go to CNN's Autism is a World page and click on Gallery)
 

GALLERY:   Autism is a World
DETAILS:   Facilitated communication
NOTEBOOK:   Acceptance vs. cure
NOTEBOOK:   Living with an autistic child
ARCHIVE:   More from CNN Presents

 

 

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