Seeing this film was the second most important event in my life. The first was getting my autism diagnosis 4 years ago, at age 56. That diagnosis was like having the Enigma code of my life finally broken, Suddenly, my life all made sense to me. The social exclusion from an early age. The bullying - both in school and at work. The fact that I failed miserably at school and was condemned as an 'idiot', a 'retard', a 'dunce' - only for me then to go on to get into Mensa with an IQ of 148, and to get a university degree at age 30.
And then I saw this film. And it was the final confirmation. Here, I saw and heard of the lives of people who'd lived my own life, experienced my own experiences. People who understood where I was coming from - and in a way that very few other people could.
This is an important film which will resonate down through the years. If you really want to understand what it's like to be autistic, don't watch 'Rainman', 'The Accountant', 'The Big Bang Theory' or 'Star Trek'. Watch this. It's not fiction.
It's as real as it gets.
I should know.