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 Autism Movement Therapy Empowering Your Child Through Music and Movement [Motion picture on DVD]. (2007). United States: Autism Movement Therapy.

This DVD provides exercises designed to benefit children with autism. Though it is geared towards children, older kids and teens may all benefit from movement and exercise.


The Good Doctor [Television series]. (2017, September 25). ABC.

This mainstream tv series features a doctor who is autistic. Though fictitious it is important to see representation in all forms. 


Mightier. (2021, April 03). Retrieved April 12, 2021,

from https://www.mightier.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw38-DBhDpARIsADJ3kjnXa6PB880fpvPWWG8puVPjY9YaY4E1i2aOS7XZ0nxncCkYjUgnlEcaApjLEALw_wcB

Mightier provides games online for interaction and sensory needs for children with autism.

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