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Some famous Hollywood movies depicting an autistic character:
- The boy who could fly - 1968
- Rainman (starring Dustin Hoffman) - 1988
- Little man Tate - 1991
- House of cards - 1993
- What's eating Gilbert Grape - 1993
- The innocent - 1994
- Mercury rising - 1998
- The other sister - 1999
- Molly – 1999
- The boy who could fly - 1968
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Some fictional books with autistic characters:
- Anita Desai - Clear Light of Day
- Carmen Carter - The Children of Hamlin (Pocket Books, 1988).
- Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)
- Joyce Carol Oates - I Lock My Door Upon Myself
- Richard Russo - Nobody's Fool
- Stephen King - The Regulators
- Tom Robbins - Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
- Anita Desai - Clear Light of Day