Movies that Portray Disabilities

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Whats Eating Gilbert Grape 1993

Disability: Autism Summary: Gilbert must care for his brother, who has autism, and his mother who is obese. http://www.youtube.com/ watch? v=VrHldqGNrss&feature= related

Mercury Rising- 1998

Disability: Autism Summary: Simon Lynch, a 9-year old with autism, manages to crack a governmental secret code. FBI agent Art Jeffries strives to keep the boy safe from the codes developer, who is ready to kill, when the code is penetrated. http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=oepPb02DG3k

Rain Man - 1998

Disability: Autism Summary: Charlie Babbit find out after his father dies that he has a brother, Raymond, who has been institutionalized throughout his life because he has autism. http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=vqbXPfaN_VM

I Am Sam - 2001
Disability: Developmental Summary: Sam must fight for the right to maintain custody of his 7-year-old daughter. http://www.youtube.com/ watch? v=7LODBr49LRw&feature=r elated

A Beautiful Mind - 2001

Disability: Schizophrenia Summary: Russell Crowe plays Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Forbes Nash, who is diagnosed with Schizophrenia. http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=h3sl5INu7CU

References

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