Knowledge Base
TV or social media accounts depicting life with an ASN child
- Autism adventure (William and his dad): available on a range of social media platforms sharing life with an autistic child: https://linktr.ee/theautismadventure
- Makayla’s voice (Netflix): documentary about a non verbal autistic teen with Phelan McDermid syndrome and how she learned to communicate using a letter board: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81926434?s=a&trkid=13747225&trg=wha&vlang=en&clip=81976003
- The A Word (Netflix): drama series about a 5 year old autistic boy as he and his family navigate his diagnosis and needs: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80109333
- The reason I jump: movie version of the book of the same name written by a non-verbal autistic boy using a communication device. Available to rent on Apple TV or Prime Video: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B0FWXL7519
- There she goes: family drama featuring a non-verbal autistic child with an intellectual disability caused by DYRK1A syndrome, a rare chromosomal condition. The writers based the series of their own experience of raising their daughter. A one off special is available on BBC iplayer, the series used to be available on Netflix and BBC iplayer but isn’t currently (as at March 2026).
- Spellers: documentary about non-verbal autistic children, based on the book Underestimated. It has been available on Disney + in the past, currently available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h1rcLyznK0