A Mile in His Shoes

Director: William Dear

Writers: Jason Koornick & Frank Nappi

Production: NGN Productions, Nasser Group, North & MIHS Films

Year: 2011

Annotation:

This film is based on the novel The Legend of Micky Tusslerby Frank Nappi. Baseball is an American favourite sporting event. The sports, drama & family film tell a story of Mickey’s amazing pitching skill throwing apples straight to the bullseyes that captures the baseball manager’s eye on his impressive skill. He is 18 and has Asperger’s syndrome who joins a minor-league baseball team. Micky’s condition makes him feel alienated from others and feels challenged with focusing on the sport and his own self. Furthermore, his teammates and people around him constantly makes fun of and teases him, which makes him feel put down. The story shows inclusion of diverse abilities and by giving Micky a chance to play and be treated with respect.

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Colin Fischer

Author: Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz

Publisher: London: Puffin, 2013

Annotation:

“Colin Fischer doesn’t like to be touched. Or the colour blue. He avoids eye contact unless absolutely necessary” (blurb from back cover).

This book novel tells a story of a 14-year-old boy who lives with Asperger’s syndrome. Highly intelligent but struggles with social interactions and emotions. Every chapter starts with an extract from Colin’s diary, which gives a fact about and thought process of some with Asperger’s. At school, he deals with constant bullying and seen as an outcast. One lunchtime a gun went off in the cafeteria - a crime mystery established. Colin was not scared of the event and went straight into investigating by proving with true facts to who did it.

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