Circles - Autism Short Film

[@sozza.]

whenever someone says how do you feel i too always respond with “i don’t know” as he did when his mum asked him

[@zee6588]

Ikr, isn't that such a weird question? Like do they mean how do you think it will go? And what do you say after?

[@Xilotl]

Or I overshare...

[@Donispecialhungarikum]

Yeah i just cant name it,im not happy,not sad,not anxious,not scared,not digusted by something,im just.. existing?

[@jennamiller7016]

Same

[@mkcs8559]

​@@Donispecialhungarikumsim, sinto tipo isso, difícil explicar, então digo que estou neutro, nada de ruim ou bom aconteceu no meu dia e ele acabou de começar, ou digo que estou ruim pois estou na escola ha. Mas só fico ruim pois estou na escola porque tenho q socializar mesmo, no final de ano de 2023 eu estava acabado..

[@jinxedwrath3586]

Every time someone says they want to talk to me, I freak out and have a meltdown.

[@samuelseidel6148]

That can be pretty scary especially “we need to talk” over a text

[@Unicysis]

I’m like that when someone confronts me but unfortunately most of them don’t want to understand the issue. They’re vindictive liars

[@Diego_2-22]

"So, how was it" "I don't know" I can totally relate to this line, even if I'm on a less severe end of the spectrum than the protagonist. (Not to say his ASD is severe or anything.)

[@livvlife]

You can’t really have severe autism because you cannot he more or less autistic. That’s why labels like “high functioning” or “low functioning” aren’t accurate to how the spectrum works, your autistic or your not, it’s just a matter of how that works for you personally. I’m autistic too! So saying things like severe ASD is a little insensitive.

[@ProTechFlagship]

Agree

[@benjaminshealey5404]

I always wore headphones all the time when I was in school. I still wear them now actually. It really helps

[@samuelseidel6148]

Noise cancelling headphones with transparency mode have made concerts enjoyable for me.

[@SDAWG-69]

@@samuelseidel6148i was super surprised im usually paralysed by loud noises but i went to coldplay last month and i loved it

[@Zero-Zero-Zero-Zero]

Highly underrated this short film

[@Zero-Zero-Zero-Zero]

@Jason Torres??? I litterly said I liked the movie

[@Zero-Zero-Zero-Zero]

@Jason Torres no worries

[@PuncakeLena]

An obsession with tyres. Can't say I've seen that one before. Also, I expected banging tunes, not white noise. I was saving this for a safe, stressless moment because I knew it'd be intense. I have autism too and thus the stress and confusion Ollie is experiencing is very relatable for me.

[@Garfeef]

I hated growing up this way, I wish they had just held me to normal standards instead and tried to understand my way of thinking so they could meet me at my level and work from there. if you grow up being patronized and treated like a kindergartner, like in this film, it does nothing except destroy all confidence and self-esteem necessary to grow as a person. nobody wants an empty shell of a life sorry my writing sucks im drunk

[@svenkam9311]

Im drunk too, and im something like autistic. But i find out humans and all animals are bological machines, with Nerves how communikate at about 1 Volts. Learn to use your Machine. Everything has good ones and bad ones. even the death. Oversensitive like the opposite..... Find your way and make it.

[@GleamGoldenrock]

Yes it clearly is bad for people. But I was in a "normal school" wish I wasnt pushed too hard to act normal. I even got hit when I closed my ears due to the loud music

[@juanitaauelua2693]

Garfeef I completely understand and can relate how you feel my son is 17 he has ADHD and mild autism when some one meets our son for the first time me and my husband tell him or her that our son has special needs they automatically respond by saying so he's a handicap I'm like no he has ADHD and mild autism, my son goes to a special school here in New Zealand he's been going to a special school since 2014 before that he went to a mainstream public school had a teacher aide but the school did not have a special school so they basically treated my son like he never had special needs and expected him to behave as if he had no special needs so whenever my son showed his special needs at school he got into trouble and was told to stop at the special school he goes to he can be and behave the way he wants and how he's suppost to the teachers watch the students of course. Having special needs means that your always blamed for every thing a few years ago my son was playing around the street with his younger brother and his brothers mates anyway they found a spray can on the Ground and apparently it still had spray in it so my one of my son's with his mates decide to spray some ones front fence and when they got caught my son and his mates ran off leaving my son with the blame because he had special needs.

[@MrPillowStudios]

@@GleamGoldenrock Your gobble gobble country does not sound good to my ears, mada'aam.

[@mailitedd185]

💙

[@reson8]

This is spot-on with the portrayal of autistic behaviours. Has to be said though; if i'd known there were loud bits and other sensory loads i could have braced for them :)

[@Diego_2-22]

I know. This seems really accurate to me, and I can sort of relate to a bunch of things in this film despite my autism being mild enough to the point that I have virtually no special needs.

[@DragonriderF]

i'm on the spectrum as well and understood all of this very well. what i don't get is what he means by "it's broken" at the end

[@tecitodeuva]

i think he was talking about the car

[@DragonriderF]

@Murder Junkie well, I'm asking for help understanding the metaphor and its significance because metaphors can be so meaningful and emblemic

[@Ellen_david]

Hi I'm 10 and I'm me to

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

Felipe, I think that the broken car could be a metaphor for the friendship that he had created, that it is now broken, now that his friend is moving away..... or you could even say that the stability of Ollie's life there, having the friendship and everything, that is broken because of the move and the loss of this friendship, or the change in it

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

ooops maybe not broken car just.... broken ....broken friendship broken security/stability from that change

[@jaanshersaeed4541]

It was so funny when Cam just threw (aka yeeted) that stapler across the room.

[@crisha721]

This film got me emotional. I missed the adults explaining to Ollie that being in love with his friend was OK. They only said to him that he would miss the routines with his friend, that was so disrespectful

[@pterafirma]

This was damn good. Mild ASD here, enough age and experience that I can fake NT pretty well nowadays. Watching them crawl through that stretchy tube about gave me a panic attack though.

[@projectcookie12]

If you don't mind answering what was going on with the tube? I've never been in anything like this or know what it's like. Why does the tube give you such a memory.

[@pterafirma]

@@projectcookie12 - I don't know that it's any specific memory, just a general fear of being trapped in tight spaces. I sometimes have anxiety dreams in which I'm trying to find my way out of a building or parking garage, and the stairwell becomes an increasingly constricted maze, the space between stair flights tapers down and I'm crawling through it, then it dead-ends into a barrier of steel bars, etc. Not fun.

[@justincarter3033]

This feels like an all disabilities school

[@kcforests]

just an fyi you cant have mild asd because your either autistic or allistic, and every autistic oerson is the same amount of austistic

[@aurashotz7279]

@@kcforests autism *spectrum* disorder

[@plum48478]

I actually have Autism, so I’m glad I was able to find a short film inspired by my disorder.

[@justincarter3033]

An all disabled school

[@autisticbuildabearcollector]

I have autism too

[@ExoticPinkberry]

Same

[@hayleejetzt]

apparently its 'your brain is wired differently' not 'disorder' - thats what they tell me

[@Adam-yu5zj]

@@hayleejetzt It’s a disorder. But our brains are wired differently

[@Musical_Sockss]

I 'm autistic too this was so good I got emotional.

[@hopebaker3524]

I can totally understand how Ollie is feeling 😌 I'm getting assesed for asd and I can totally understand how he's feeling

[@francocop]

Same

[@francocop]

@Shaiane O Hara idk what that emoji is supposed to mean but, hi?

[@GrianyBunch]

I also have asd, but this didn’t make any sense to me

[@harrisonallen651]

I’m autistic myself. And woah! This short film embraced my thoughts a lot while viewing this short film.

[@saumyakrishna8442]

Every human being is special on this earth and everyone of us have some or other best qualities.....great film......

[@digi_gabrielic]

I have Autism and really relate to this short film. I have had big events happen where I have struggled saying how I feel, or even identifying the feeling myself. I really related to how attached Ollie was with his special interest, I feel like it can get in the way of my relationships.

[@marcellabrittl6083]

I had autism. Back then Its hard to make friends at my really young age (at my elementary school yrs) I sometimes don't know what to say to them & what their reactions are when I say something to them & all that I think making friends with kids is hard when I was a young girl then I decided to hamgout with adults cuz they're more easier to talk to then the other kids. Also back then in high school yrs when someone ask me how come I didn't drive a car or something like that I tell them about my condition I told them that im autistic or I had autism & finally some don't know what it is, some were afraid of me, some don't wanna be my friends anymore & some ran away from me, which hurts me alot.😢😢😢😢😢 But thank God that I got real friends (from the high school theater) & family that support me, loved me & accepted me for who I am as a shy & quiet autistic artist. 💖✌🏻☮

[@livvlife]

I’m autistic too and I can really relate to your experience. Autism isn’t a bad thing. It can be very hard, but it’s especially hard because of how people treat you and how this world can be so cruel to disabled people. It’s really hard when people don’t understand or refuse to. I wish there was a way I could learn these social rules and things they all seem to know and try to explain to them my point of view.

[@juanitaauelua2693]

My son is 17 he has ADHD and mild autism he talks about cars when where in the car and he loves hot wheels cars he loves to wear his ear phones and takes them where ever he goes. I understand how the boy feels in the video when my son is asked how are you he says I don't know or he looks down or runs away he can't express his feelings with words like we can

[@johnsigsworth6979]

I have autism and anxiety but people know me better how to be autistic i am I'm confident and I feel proud to be in my own world

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

You're a good man

[@livvlife]

I’m autistic too! And you should be proud. Nothin wrong with being autistic. I found this short film to be a little stereotypical but I know it’s more accurate for other autistic people then it is me.

[@haleysongtopaz]

I have mild autism but I have a friend who has severe autism

[@samuelseidel6148]

👋

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

we are rooting for you

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

Samuel - this is awesome work.. You and your fellow actors your colleagues, did an amazing job and contributed so much to so many people that watch this now... I am being tested after many many many many years... Knowing about myself when I was really young would have helped my life a lot, but I'm really really happy to have discovered that I may be on the spectrum! It helps me to understand alot. This short film helps me.... So thank you so much!

[@husnaakhan7538]

Were rooting for you . 💞💕

[@rbrtpongo]

I think learning about autism is a really good thing cause it give a understanding about what it is like.

[@AutisticFunnyBone]

My heart goes out to all the autistic people in the world🖤

[@benth162]

Break ups are hard enough for us who are not Aspie, I can't imagine what it must feel like when you feel like the rug is being yanked out from beneath you. Olie was in love with his friend, and apparently no one wanted to mention this to Olie that it is OK to love and have feelings for another, EVEN BOYS FOR BOYS !

[@clarylouise1791]

I have ASD and dated someone for three years. We were engaged and I was pregnant but sadly I suffered a miscarriage and then three months later my partner broke up with me. I was so heartbroken that I overdosed three times but luckily they were able to save me those three times. I remember just wanting to die. My partner was also autistic and I felt like I couldn't mourn my child around him because he just didn't seem to care that we lost our son or daughter.

[@benth162]

@@clarylouise1791 I am not on the spectrum but when my lover of 15 years suddenly stated he no longer loved me I was very close suicide and had gotten all the preparations set up. All I had to do was start my truck and gas myself with carbon monoxide. For some reason which I can't remember I did not go through with it, and damn glad I didn't. Hang in their my friend you will meet the right person soon enough, just be patient. Thank you for sharing !

[@clarylouise1791]

@@benth162 I'm so sorry to hear that! We are all here for a reason 🤍

[@livvlife]

I’m a queer autistic person and I agree. I don’t normally go with the term aspie because it can be an ableist term at times tho. But yes, I agree. I felt this short film was a little stereotypical but I suppose maybe it was more accurate for others then it was me. I also felt that the way they dealt with the boy having a meltdown wasn’t the best.

[@Yams-Hams7734]

Was he? Wow, that totally flew over my head. But then again I’m clueless at picking up these details. I wouldn’t know it, unless someone told me directly.

[@-peachii-7039]

I am so grateful you did this! My cousin is autistic and is around 7 years old so it really is heartwarming thank you! 😊

[@jessaz4356]

I go to a charter school for autism too, it's sorta like this but the teachers are more kind and take time to actually know ME.

[@wmrwrestlingmatchrecreator5635]

The ending made my heart drop

[@annarintala1999]

I like drawing because, it calms me

[@CelticChu]

I love this film because of how accurate it is. I always feel the need to answer "i don't know" whenever someone asks me how I feel because I don't know what I'm feeling. I even have a hard time with empathy with people I talk to every time. It's hard. Also, some of the comments in the comment section are just awful. "They look dumb as fuck." 'Why is he wearing headphones?" "Why are they acting childish?" Do research, people!

[@ezmad5039]

Please my friend make a number 2 i have autism and this is the best autism short film I have watched

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

I have a joke, lol! but also I agree, this is wonderful and unique and there needs to be more of stuff like this and the director producer should spread it far and wide

[@LauraNadine]

Thanks for posting this! It was nice to see the film again after so many years.

[@mailitedd185]

Beautiful film. Well done. 💙

[@Silver01Son]

This is amazing!

[@varshajohn]

Wow his eyes.... Are amazing...

[@Venom-qg8dd]

Ikr

[@Legomoviefan2008]

This is one of the best videos on KZbin.

[@theeguy9022]

Having Asperger's I honestly feel like I'm undeserving of the diagnosis so many struggle more than me and yet I can exist like most others just with a few extra steps and yet other times I realise how alien I truly am to this world it's a weird condition and invisible to most but please if you see those of us that are less capable do help them and please do your reading we have so much integrity that we end up brittle as glass at times

[@samuelseidel6148]

I really like your comment. It is very much a struggle and not a struggle when compared to others who have it worse. When I'm in non-english-native countries I feel the most normal. Everyone just thinks I am the "American" and they don't see the Autism.

[@starolivio6895]

Thank you for making this. My little boy is autistic. ♡

[@buckydee1310]

This is one of the best short films I have ever seen I think

[@DogLover1718]

I always feel like I’m getting told of and when olly got told of I felt the same as him

[@jennamiller7016]

I’m autistic and I have an interest in taking nature pictures

[@noahperks3761]

I like this. Good representation.

[@splabbity]

This was really well done.

[@er1s]

wow, what a good short film! thanks for uploading :~)

[@shannongodbey7420]

Good film.. well done and poignant. Also, I know someone in the movie from Spectrum (Autism) Camp 11 years ago. Hey Christina!

[@Myfavoritecuties]

I live there in Atlanta, and I have autism tou! I had a childhood bff who has autism when I was little, she’s so sweet and has a baby voice. She loves to take care of me, she would cry for me when something bad happens to me! I had my very first girlfriend who has autism before I started my freshman year in high school. She had a crush on me and I didn’t want to refuse, she cries whenever I get offended or bullied.

[@samuelseidel6148]

You should join this group www.meetup.com/20s-and-30s-Aspergers-and-Autism-spectrum-meet-up

[@justincarter3033]

"She said one second Cam" in Chinese is "她说一秒钟凸轮/Tā shuō yī miǎo zhōng túlún"

[@MajorLooser]

Yay a GOOD film after watching “Music” that portrayed my disability properly

[@justincarter3033]

What if they made a Cartoon Network short out of this?

[@JuliusKleinpe]

The best explanation of autism!

[@mm-rh9vo]

Amazing..I like the final sentence in the movie: (It’s broken) Great job 👏🏻

[@Gigi.garrett22]

This is so wonderful

[@MacKinleyHartmann-c4m]

I’m autistic and I have a dog that is going to be my service dog

[@thelatvianlikeaboss5078]

Im autistic with eating disorder and left testical promblems

[@diancamorris7643]

that kid love cars

[@jaanshersaeed4541]

He likes tires

[@samuelseidel6148]

Jaansher Saeed just like the script 🤣. IRL I like planes.

[@jaanshersaeed4541]

@@samuelseidel6148 And I like trains

[@bus1105]

@@samuelseidel6148 my brother likes fans

[@someoneb4691]

Anyone notice his headphones wire switch sides from 11:36 to 11:50?

[@samuelseidel6148]

Amazing catch!

[@someoneb4691]

@@samuelseidel6148 This was a great short film by the way!! Great job to all the cast and producers!

[@sustainable9644]

Although I'm Autistic I'm not obsessed with tires but I always looked at number plates and pointed them out to my mum

[@yeety1208]

same bro same

[@celestiablackwood1487]

Does Cam move to a normal school? If he moves to a normal school he will get bullied and he might get bullied so much that he throws things or hits someone.

[@zee6588]

You shouldn't have the mindset that people on the spectrum are violent and dangerous, it's such a stupid stereotype. The only reason he would feel like he needs to "throw something or hit someone" would be if he felt like he's being threatened and he's being pushed past his boundaries. It's the school responsibility to make sure their disabled students feel comfortable.

[@celestiablackwood1487]

@@zee6588 I thought of it because I am autism spectrum and I threw things and I hit some of the bullies at the normal school.

[@annawilliams6661]

@@celestiablackwood1487 I thought that might be your experience when I read what you said. and that you might have been austistic. Sounds like frustrating. Bullying is not ok. Thats why its important that the adults makesure that bullies are spoken to and so that it doesn't happen again. Its ok use words and say thats not ok, and that they need to stop.

[@craftart6618]

Wait ? Normal school, so they Are in special ed ?

[@suhxn]

this was really good

[@matthewjamisonportee4990]

I understood this video I have autism spectrum disorder

[@benjaminshealey5404]

I have been diagnosed with Autism since I was little my sister as well.

[@lysanderfilipe6786]

As someone with autism why do people depict us with robotic slave voices i mean cmon 😕

[@Awesomekid152]

6:41 he just swing but look that smile

[@GrianyBunch]

This doesn’t make sense to me, I have Autism but I’be heard of other autism’s too, so I guess it’s a different type to what I have...right? I mean I don’t even understand my own Autism.

[@MythicDelta5]

Why everybody snitching on each other. ○_○

[@leonidariogamer4029]

DaBaby the convertible LET'S GO

[@skgoode75]

I have the same thing with austm like when I talking and holding conversation with people. I. Do. No. I repeat things. Like over and over again and I can't not control my speaking with people that I no and also. I getting over very excited about things. Depending on the coverston on things. And also when I going out. On the. Outings. I. Allwas. Bring my. Headphones and. Listening to my favorite songs. On my KZbin and also i to bring my same small black book.bag with me. Like I do is doing something to keeping me calm down when I haveing a rough times. I doing like doing 🎨 like I like yo do is coloring. This movie is really great movie and it helping me learning things. Sending me more of your amazing movies on my KZbin you are my favorite youtuber from your favorite youtuber shawna have a great abd safe fall evening. And staying warm and happy safe holidays and have a great weather season ❤

[@gorillaz100]

omg they are so cute

[@Kei-tx3kg]

2:43 awwwww :(((

[@skylacocker2945]

I’m on the spectrum too actually I had a meltdown today

[@Unicysis]

The world with their system is more lost than you, buddy. Take comfort in that

[@denkikaminari8475]

I don't have autism but I have paranoid personality disorder so it's very hard for me

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

You are very cool to share that here. I have a lot of respect for you

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

and it expands our world, now I'm gonna find out more about what it is

[@marwasheren8751]

Why he wear headphone ? I can't understand

[@Aesurii]

To block out noise, because loud environments can cause overstimulation

[@Paytaycool-c7q]

Astium is Smart People.

[@kellychuba]

over the top called.... wot? They said deeply unhelpful

[@stuffyopenspokemonpacks4627]

im on the spectrum as well :)

[@MythicDelta5]

5:16 lol the actor must be outta their minds.

[@Paytaycool-c7q]

I have astium

[@justincarter3033]

I noticed a secret about Ollie

[@samuelseidel6148]

go on....

[@heroinekillerchapaati3616]

XD two donuts

[@ginagonzalez7492]

Since age 4 I have been dealing with autism

[@mansoorkemal7588]

I thought this is about the song by post Malone

[@annarintala1999]

I am autism too but, i am Ok

[@heavenburke]

I get bullied for my autism and adhd all the time

[@samuelseidel6148]

I'm sorry, it's difficult out here in the world.

[@claymitchell2335]

woops

[@despator1851]

I have autism but we don’t all sound like they

[@samuelseidel6148]

Everyone with autism is different. You might be able to find patterns of people that behave similarly, but at the end of the day we are all unique in our own ways.

[@SDAWG-69]

What insane teachers dont listen too kids

[@AbbeyWagner4547]

सेंडिंग लव फ़्रम इंडिया 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@NekoYumikoVSTARS]

Whats broken ? I dont think i unddrstand

[@allanbrito13]

I assumed the friendship but other people in the comments were saying it was the car

[@samuelseidel6148]

It was not the car

[@frodobaggins543]

heart

[@MrPillowStudios]

Why are they childish?

[@deeplander]

A lot of autistic people struggle with processing emotions and information to the standard level of their age

[@anitahop8722]

Ok

[@CherryTree186]

I hear sponge bob

[@Legomoviefan2008]

8:33 is this what you are talking about?

[@calvinjaekama403]

I dont have autism

[@halimacooks]

U can say the worh schecth

[@jaanshersaeed4541]

Why were they all freaking out over saying the word s**t? They should learn to not give a s**t about saying that word themselves lol.

[@jaanshersaeed4541]

@@lilacfrogs2312 Well, they did have a point about not saying that word in class but it would be better if they didn’t all start freaking out over that word.

[@annabethjadisdoulton4554]

Thier wheels not donuts. 🍩 Why do they speak so fast? Headphones on. Total regulation. Must be hard sometimes or oftenly. Even with other autistics it's still hard to soshial. They don't always mean what they say. Yet they always get in trouble for it. Still should be an equal amount as the nurotypical. They are prone to facilitating stuff that is not to others.

[@MythicDelta5]

.. This video just makes me feel cringed.. To not offend anyone.

[@derrickkoduah3361]

They talked weird. They act weird. They behave in their own mind in own world. They are strange kids and they want to be aggersive stubborn but its scary if i live this....

[@zee6588]

You don't have a say to call them weird, aggressive, or stubborn, you don't know any of them.

[@reson8]

They talked and acted as they naturally would; without being forced to mask and learn social etiquette to keep the NT's happy. So yes, they are weird- compared to neurotypical people.

[@reson8]

@@zee6588 So it's okay for you to shut someone out for having an opinion you find offensive?

[@usa_countryball_]

@@reson8 we are not weird you know what to Some autistic people think people without autism are weird and to us it's very offensive to call us weird we are different in our own ways

[@usa_countryball_]

@@reson8 and you know he could have had autism to them cuz I found a lot of people here in the comment section that has autism

[@sallymun2933]

This movie made autism sound dumb it’s not like this always

[@LateDiagnosedAutism]

Whenever my boss needed to talk to me I knew it always ended up being bad.