Filmmaker R. Sarath hopes his movie, Swayam, will fall in the latter. “I talked to various parents, visited schools that taught autistic children, read a lot on the subject... They follow a system where autistic children are trained and educated with regular kids and their talents unearthed. R. Sarath’s film 'Swayam', which will hit theatres post Onam, traces the challenges of a mother and her autistic childFilms often tend to glamourise and oversimplify illnesses and challenges of the disabled; sensitive representations being few and far between. There’s a stigma attached to autistic children here.

Source: The Hindu August 03, 2016 10:52 UTC