TV Shows

Alex Plank – Creating Authentic Autistic Characters on Television

By on October 31, 2013

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Alex Plank is interviewed on The Business by Kim Masters, editor at large of the Hollywood Reporter about consulting on FX Networks' The Bridge, a show with an autistic character played by Diane Kruger. He's also interviewed about Shameful, his documentary about autistic children being mistreated in France.

And he even talks about how he watched TV as a child and used characters on TV as a model to learn social skills and how there...

FX’s The Bridge – Alex Plank Interviews Diane Kruger: Asperger’s & Sonya Cross

By on July 10, 2013

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In this special episode of ATTV, Diane Kruger (Inglorious Bastards, Troy, National Treasure) sits down with Alex Plank of WrongPlanet.net for an exclusive interview where they discuss the character of Sonya (a detective with Asperger's) and Alex's role as Asperger / Autism consultant for The Bridge.

The Bridge premieres today July 10th at 10pm on FX! The Bridge follows the story of Sonya Cross and Marco Ruiz, two detectives from both...

Jane Pauley Will Do a Feature On Asperger’s

By on September 30, 2004

On Friday October 1st, the Jane Pauley Show will devote the entire episode to discussing Asperger's syndrome.

Find out which TV station (here in the U.S.A.) will air the program by going to their website...