This film shows the advances made at a special school for teaching autistic children and how they began to respond to patience and to use language in a normal way. Commentary by Norman Tyrrell and Val Bryan.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
001966
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Alternative schools
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Autism
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped - Great Britain
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped children - Development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped children - Education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mentally handicapped children
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)