A Mile in His Shoes

    On Sunday I watched a movie called "A Mile in His Shoes" for my Exceptional Child class.  It is mainly about an 18-year-old with Asperger syndrome who excels at baseball and is recruited to play for a semi-professional baseball team.  The movie focuses on the different characteristics of Asperger's and it shows what life is like for the child with this syndrome.  After watching it, I have a much greater respect for people with Asperger's and I also have a better understanding on how to interact with these types of people.  In the movie, there a clear evidence of friendship between Mickey, the boy with Asperger's, and another guy on the team.  Both people involved in the friendship grew together even though their brains are incredibly different.
     In my opinion, I think more producers and directors should make more movies similar to this one.  "A Mile in His Shoes" is bringing a disability to light and showing the world the correct way to interact with people who have this disability.  Children and adults with disabilities get overlooked and people have just stopped talking about it.  This movie showed the viewers informative facts about the disability while making it entertaining to grasp.   If we had movies where well-known actors and actresses played roles in movies where a disability is explained, more people would be informed about disabilities.  Once people get more informed, maybe all the nasty stereotypes will finally disappear and these people with disabilities can no longer fear society's view.