Alex Plank – Creating Authentic Autistic Characters on Television

Alex Plank is interviewed on The Business by Kim Masters, editor at large of the Hollywood Reporter about consulting on FX Networks’ The Bridge, a show with an autistic character played by Diane Kruger. He’s also interviewed about Shameful, his documentary about autistic children being mistreated in France.

And he even talks about how he watched TV as a child and used characters on TV as a model to learn social skills and how there are actors on the autism spectrum.

Max Burkholder, is also interviewed about playing an autistic character on NBC’s Parenthood, a show which is in its 4th season.

Alex’s interview starts 8 minutes into the show.

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