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Joan Allen was great in the movie Room. Did she reach out to mothers of kidnap victims to research her role?

—Jenny P., Abilene, Texas

A: No, but Allen, 59, recently acclaimed for her role in Room as a mother re-united with her kidnapped daughter, says she can only imagine what it must feel like to have a child go miss-ing. “I’ve been in a mall when my daughter was little and I look around and within a fl ash she’s not there,” says the actress, who also plays a mother whose child was kidnapped in ABC’s The Family, premiering its fi rst season March 3.

It’s a long way from New York’s concrete comedy canyons of 30 Rock to the Middle East absur-dity of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. But that’s where Fey, 45, is headed March 4 in her new movie, in which she stars as a journalist sent to Kabul who gets caught up in the adrenaline rush of her assignment.

How would you describe your role? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is an adaptation of a book called The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker. I play a woman who goes abroad at a time when journal-ists were stretched thin. Anyone who wasn’t married or didn’t have kids could get a chance to go work abroad.

How much has your sense of humor changed since the beginning of your career? I’m a little older now, and I’m a mother. I wouldn’t say it is nec-essarily gentler, but it is more human, more emotional than it used to be.

I’ve heard Jason Bateman is giving up acting for directing. Is that true?

—Will L., Monrovia, Calif.A: Defi nitely not. Bateman, 47, wants to do it all. At 19 he directed three episodes of TV’s The Hogan Family. He recently directed the movie comedy Bad Words and the drama The Family

Fang (in which he also starred). And he voices the fast-talking scam-artist fox, Nick Wilde, in Disney’s

animated caper movie Zootopia, opening March 4. “I’d like [my career] to be like George Clooney’s or Ben Affl eck’s as far as splitting the time between acting and directing,” he says.

ROCK ONFunnyman Chris Rock, 51, returns tonight to host the Oscars for the second time—after an 11-year absence. This time the world will be watching to see what kind of jokes he’ll crack about a subject that’s no laughing matter: a serious lack of diversity among the nominees and a possible boycott of the event spurred by the #OscarSoWhite campaign. Here are fi ve facts about the host.

1. Eddie Murphy gave Rock his fi rst credited movie role, a parking attendant in Beverly Hills Cop II.

2. Rock was one of the “bad boys” of Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1993, along with

Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider and David Spade.

3. His great-great-grandfather Julius Caesar Tingman was a slave for 21 years and later fought in the Civil War.

4. His grandfather was a preacher.

5. A DNA test showed he is descended from the Udeme people of northern Cameroon.

WALTER SCOTT ASKS ... TINA FEY

Email your questions for Walter Scott to [email protected]

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Kimmy Schmidt? Go to Parade.com/tinafey to fi nd out.

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Ma� DamonAcademy Award Nominee for Best Actor, The MartianHe made an estimated $25 million last year.

Did you base the characters in the hit Netflix series Unbreak-able Kimmy Schmidt, which you created and executive pro-duce, on real people? The se-ries was in a lot of ways inspired by its star, Ellie Kemper. Robert Carlock and I were asked to de-velop a show for Ellie, and so we thought a lot about her qualities. We were certainly aware that there’s a certain type of woman, both in fi ction and nonfi ction, that you see over and over again—this kind of ebullient young woman who survived something awful and comes out the other side still optimistic.

Do you binge-watch anything?I do sometimes. Now that we’re done fi lming season two of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, I will have some time. I just started watching Aziz Ansari’s show, Master of None [Netfl ix].

New Mexico is a stand-in for Afghanistan in Fey’s new movie, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

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Bonnie RaittDig In Deep, the multiple Grammy winner’s fi rst new album since 2012, features fi ve self-penned tracks as well as covers of INXS’ “Need You Tonight” and Los Lobos’ “Shakin’ Shakin’ Shakes.” Visit Parade.com/rai� to fi nd out why she stayed out of the studio for seven years. CD $13, vinyl $25, download $9.50, amazon.com

A 26-year-old Raitt graced the cover of Parade on March 28, 1976.

Full House Comes Full CircleGreat-Uncle Jesse! D.J. is a mom! Somebody married Gibbler! A lot’s changed between Full House’s 1987 debut and this week’s Fuller House premiere on Netfl ix. Visit Parade.com/fullhouse to celebrate the return of the Tanner family with a then-and-now photo gallery.

Loretta Lynn“Her lyrics caught your ear and made you feel like, She wrote that for me,” Sheryl Crow says of Loretta Lynn in Still a Mountain Girl, a new documentary about the coal miner’s daughter that includes never-before-seen inter-views and footage.March 4 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS

Rita WilsonThe actress-singer-song-writer (and

wife of Tom Hanks) releases her second album, Rita Wilson, March 11 and will tour starting March 29 in Solana Beach, Calif. $14, amazon.com; tour dates at ritawilson.com

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Ask MarilynBy Marilyn vos Savant

Send questions to marilyn @ parade.com

Some plastic containers are labeled "microwave safe." Aren't they all microwave safe? Sometimes the thinnest ones deform when they get too hot, but how scary is that?

—Gina Gresham, Cleveland, Ohio

Plastic containers are not all safe to use in a microwave, but droopy containers aren’t the problem: It’s that some plastics leach harmful substances into the food when they become too hot, regardless of whether they appear to stay in perfect shape. So you shouldn’t use any plastic containers or other plastic items in a microwave unless they’re labeled "micro-wave safe" on the item itself or on the packaging, or they are packaged as part of a micro-waveable food product. Don't use foam cups, bowls or plates intended for hot foods, and don’t microwave cold-food-storage containers such as cottage cheese and yogurt cartons.

Do you have any idea why people seem never to be content with their situations in life?—Akeem Nicholas, Los Angeles, Calif.

We’re raised to be endless striv-ers—to aim higher and higher and never give up. Consider the well-known statement "Let your reach always exceed your grasp," which summarizes the attitude. It's a recipe for national progress, but it's also a recipe for personal discontent. Add envy, and self-satisfaction takes a nosedive.

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Zorba the Greek Waffl es

BASHOSCAR NIGHT

Sometimes impromptu get-togethers are the most enjoyable. This last-minute Oscar party, inspired by celeb party

planner Mary Giuliani’s The Cocktail Party: Eat Drink Play Recover (Ballantine Books), wins our vote for fast food and fun. Set up an easy savory wa� e bar, mix up an Academy Award–worthy cocktail and get ready to play a round of Oscar bingo! —Alison Ashton

EATIt’s as easy as toasting frozen waffl es—and making them the star of a buffet full of store-bought or takeout components. Try one of these themes inspired by Oscar-winning movies.

Zorba the Greekwaffl es + tzatziki sauce

(or hummus) + cucumbers + tomatoes + olives + feta

Slumdog Millionairewaffl es + tandoori chicken + saag paneer + chutney

DRINKGolden Boy PunchCombine 1 (750-ml) bottle sauvi-gnon blanc, ¾ cup orange juice, ¾ cup lemon juice, 1½ Tbsp triple sec and 1½ Tbsp rum. Pour into an ice-fi lled punch bowl. Just before serving, stir in 1 (750-ml) bottle sparkling wine and 2 (1-liter) bottles club soda. Garnish with lemon and orange slices, pineapple and berries. Add bitters to taste. Serves 12.

(Adapted from The Cocktail Party: Eat Drink Play Recover by Mary Giuliani.)

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a visual eff ects animation stu-dio serving Hollywood that’s also a nonprofi t vocational training program for young adults with autism.

ARTISTS IN TRAININGAt Exceptional Minds, locat-ed in a nondescript building close to Hollywood’s major studios, visual eff ects artists on the spectrum are hard at

work. Ant-Man and Avengers: Age of Ultron feature their tal-ents, as do � e Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2; Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; � e SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water and Alvin and the Chipmunks: � e Road Chip. On the small screen, their work is seen in Martin Scorsese’s new HBO drama, Vinyl. In Game of � rones, these talented artists made every fake falling snow-

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past historic Disney memorabilia encased in glass at Marvel Stu-dios in Burbank, Calif. He looks like any other young talent, in a gray sweater and jeans with a backpack slung over his shoulder.

Chapman comes across as a quiet soul, someone colleagues might easily label the “offi ce loner.” His conversation—typically one- to three-word answers—is torturously slow and delivered without expression.

Has he seen Ant-Man, the hit for which he created the cred-

its—nearly eight minutes of scrolling names? He shakes his head. � en, very quietly, “Nope, some of my friends have.” Do they think what he does is cool? Another

awkward silence. “Yep.” Ask him what the best part of his

job is and fi nally Chapman cracks a tiny smile. “It’s when I walk home and see the Disney Tower characters illuminated,” he says. “It makes me feel like I did some-thing magical today.”

Chapman is part of a new wave of digital eff ects artists: He has autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a developmental disability char-acterized by repetitive behaviors and diffi culty with social interac-tions that aff ects 1 in 68 American children. He found his place in the entertainment industry thanks to Exceptional Minds (EM),

Exceptional Minds students learn visual effects in the vocation-al training program’s studio in Hollywood (above). Director Peyton Reed looks on as artists help bring his sci-fi adventure Ant-Man to life.

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We’d never

limit ourselves to just one type of fruit or vegetable. But when it comes to whole grains, we tend to stick with what’s familiar: a bowl of oat-meal for breakfast, whole wheat bread for our sandwich or the ocasional scoop of brown rice alongside chicken and vegetables.

Not that eating lots of oatmeal, whole wheat bread or brown rice is bad—far from it. All whole grains are a good source of belly-fi lling fi ber, which might explain why one major review found that people who eat them have less body fat than people who don’t. Research also shows that diets rich in whole grains are associated with reduced risk for diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease and depression as well as colon and breast cancer.

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But just as it’s smart to eat

a colorful variety of fresh produce,

it’s also a good idea to eat plenty of diff erent whole grains. “� e nutri-tional composition of broccoli is not

the same as the nu-tritional composition

of peas. And the same stands true for diff erent

whole grains,” says Nicola McKeown, Ph.D., director of nutritional epidemiology at Tufts University.

� at’s not all. Eating the same old brown rice or whole wheat pasta can be as boring as wearing the same outfi t every day. By switch-

ing things up, we can keep meals interesting—and stay more motivated to continue making healthy choices.

“While they’re all versatile and healthy, diff erent types of whole grains off er a chance to explore a variety of textures, shapes and fl avors,” says Frances Largeman-Roth, R.D., food

EAT THE

Prevent diabetes and other chronic conditions

by expanding your whole grain horizons. These new additions to your repertoire

aren’t just healthy—they’re tasty.

By Marygrace Taylor

WHOLE GRAINS VS. REFINED GRAINSYou probably know that foods like bread, pasta, rice and cereals are made from grains, but do you know what makes a product “whole grain”? Every grain kernel contains three parts: the bran, germ and endosperm. Refi ned grains—white fl our, bread and pasta—have been processed to remove the bran and germ, which also removes some of the fi ber and vitamins. Whole grains contain all three parts and pack a more powerful nutritional punch, so they should make up at least half of your grain consumption, says the USDA.

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AmaranthWhy it’s great: It’s one of the best whole grain sourc-es of magnesium, a mineral that plays an important role in regulating blood pressure. “It’s also good for overall muscle health and helps your muscles relax after exercise,” says Kelly Toups, R.D., program manager of the Whole Grains Council.

How to eat it: Sweet and mild, tiny amaranth grains (which are technically classified as seeds) cook up like a thick, creamy por-ridge that’s delicious topped with sautéed spinach. “It’s part of the spinach family, so it goes well with greens,” says chef Robin Asbell, author of The Whole Grain Promise.

BuckwheatWhy it’s great: To do good by your gut, eat more of this fluffy, dark red grain. Buckwheat delivers prebiotics, a type of fiber that feeds the probiotic (or “good”) bacteria in your belly, supporting healthy digestion, says Toups. How to eat it: Look for toasted buckwheat groats—their rich nut-tiness goes well with other intense flavors. Asbell recommends adding the uncooked groats to chocolate cookie batters for added crunch, or serving cooked buckwheat with caramelized onions and a dollop of sour cream.

BarleyWhy it’s great: At 6 g of fiber per cooked cup, barley packs more roughage than almost any other whole grain. Some of that fiber comes in the form of beta-glucans, an impor-tant type of soluble fiber that may play a role in preventing weight gain and high cholesterol as well as high blood sugar and diabetes. “Most grains provide insoluble fiber, but soluble fiber like beta-glucans can slow digestion and bind with cholesterol inside the small intestine to help it exit the body,” Toups says. How to eat it: Mild and quick-cooking, pearl barley is ideal for adding to soups. “It’s great at absorbing flavors, so use a nice flavorful stock like beef or mushroom,” says Asbell.

KamutWhy it’s great: This ancient strain of wheat is surprisingly high in protein, which helps you stay fuller longer and plays a role in building and main-taining muscle mass, Toups says. In fact, a cup of cooked Kamut packs nearly 10 g of protein.

How to eat it: Sweet, buttery and chewy, Kamut can hold its own in grain salads with other hearty ingredients—like nuts or dried fruit, Asbell says.

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RyeWhy it’s great: Fruits and vegetables aren’t the only places to find the antioxidants that fight damaging free radicals in the body. Rye is rich in polyphenols, a family of antioxidants that may play a role in preventing heart disease and cancer.

How to eat it: Try swapping up to ½ cup of the wheat flour in baked goods for sweet rye flour, says Asbell. Rye flour retains its antioxi-dant activity even after baking, Toups says. (So you really can have your cake and eat it too.)

TeffWhy it’s great: Not all grains pack a calcium punch, but tiny teff does, says Toups. A cup of the cooked stuff delivers more than 120 mg of this bone builder—about equal to what you’d find in half a cup of cooked spinach.

How to eat it: Teff has a sweet, molasses-like flavor and a creamy texture that can help thicken soups and stews. “You could add it to chili or to a chunky sweet potato and tomato soup,” Asbell says.

Cheerios + Ancient GrainsIn a 110-calorie bowl, you’ll get a dose of crunchy quinoa/oat

clusters, puffed spelt and Kamut.

Kashi Organic Promise Sprouted Grains CerealOats, barley, amaranth and more make up this low-fat breakfast pick.

Quaker Super Grains Apples & Cinnamon Instant Hot Cereal

This filling breakfast contains 7 g of protein, thanks to oats, barley, rye, quinoa and flax.

and nutrition expert and author of Eating in Color. Where should you start? Right here. Each of these grains

is versatile and tasty—and offers something surprising and unique in the nutritional department.

Go Grain ShoppingYou don’t have to hit an exotic health food store for a wide variety of grains—many major manufacturers are beginning to include them in cereals, bars, crackers and rice blends. Here are a few of our easy-to-find favorites.

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AmaranthWhy it’s great: It’s one of the best whole grain sourc-es of magnesium, a mineral that plays an important role in regulating blood pressure. “It’s also good for overall muscle health and helps your muscles relax after exercise,” says Kelly Toups, R.D., program manager of the Whole Grains Council.

How to eat it: Sweet and mild, tiny amaranth grains (which are technically classifi ed as seeds) cook up like a thick, creamy por-ridge that’s delicious topped with sautéed spinach. “It’s part of the spinach family, so it goes well with greens,” says chef Robin Asbell, author of The Whole Grain Promise.

BuckwheatWhy it’s great: To do good by your gut, eat more of this fl uffy, dark red grain. Buckwheat delivers prebiotics, a type of fi ber that feeds the probiotic (or “good”) bacteria in your belly, supporting healthy digestion, says Toups. How to eat it: Look for toasted buckwheat groats—their rich nut-tiness goes well with other intense fl avors. Asbell recommends adding the uncooked groats to chocolate cookie batters for added crunch, or serving cooked buckwheat with caramelized onions and a dollop of sour cream.

BarleyWhy it’s great: At 6 g of fi ber per cooked cup, barley packs more roughage than almost any other whole grain. Some of that fi ber comes in the form of beta-glucans, an impor-tant type of soluble fi ber that may play a role in preventing weight gain and high cholesterol as well as high blood sugar and diabetes. “Most grains provide insoluble fi ber, but soluble fi ber like beta-glucans can slow digestion and bind with cholesterol inside the small intestine to help it exit the body,” Toups says. How to eat it: Mild and quick-cooking, pearl barley is ideal for adding to soups. “It’s great at absorbing fl avors, so use a nice fl avorful stock like beef or mushroom,” says Asbell.

KamutWhy it’s great: This ancient strain of wheat is surprisingly high in protein, which helps you stay fuller longer and plays a role in building and main-taining muscle mass, Toups says. In fact, a cup of cooked Kamut packs nearly 10 g of protein.

How to eat it: Sweet, buttery and chewy, Kamut can hold its own in grain salads with other hearty ingredients—like nuts or dried fruit, Asbell says.

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a visual effects animation stu-dio serving Hollywood that’s also a nonprofit vocational training program for young adults with autism.

ARTISTS IN TRAININGAt Exceptional Minds, locat-ed in a nondescript building close to Hollywood’s major studios, visual effects artists on the spectrum are hard at

work. Ant-Man and Avengers: Age of Ultron feature their tal-ents, as do The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2; Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip. On the small screen, their work is seen in Martin Scorsese’s new HBO drama, Vinyl. In Game of Thrones, these talented artists made every fake falling snow-

flake melt on the actors’ faces in postproduction.

Upstairs, students in the three-year training program learn the trade. Tiana Fazio, 23, giggles as she shares a pic-ture of herself as a Simpsons character. The exaggerated car-toon likeness is spot-on. “My favorite thing is learning all the new computer programs,” says Fazio. “I like things that I have to figure out.” Fazio worked

with classmate Noah Schneider, 21, on an animated short for Sesame Street called Benny’s Story, about a boy with autism. Next to her, Schneider, who is learning how to do animation sculpting

in 3-D, shows off a bird fly-ing through frames of chang-ing backgrounds and textures. The bird seamlessly transforms from cartoonish to wood with leafy feathers. The precision work is perfect.

In the downstairs profes-sional studio, seated at rows of computers in a darkened room to reduce monitor glare, gradu-ates of the program—now offi-cially junior artists—are doing

the less creative but necessary work to get films ready for the big screen. They’re meticulous-ly removing movie markers—the tiny red dots physically placed on sets to show actors where to move and editors where to trim frames—from an upcoming film. Others are intently creating lengthy credits or doing paint-out— removing unwanted objects and then filling in to seamless-ly match the backdrop. All are now paid employees of EM’s studio, which wins contracts in the highly competitive post-production bidding business. And most are earning their first-ever paychecks.

It’s tedious, repetitive work requiring intense focus, me-ticulous attention to detail and a masterful, logical mind—unique traits of many people with autism. Matching people who have autism with work that suits their unique talents is key, says nationally renowned autism advocate and animal scientist Temple Grandin, 68 (played by Claire Danes in a 2010 Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning TV biopic). “There are different types of autistic minds: mathemati-cians, word thinkers, visual thinkers, pattern thinkers,” she explains. “Visual and pattern thinkers are perfect for what EM is doing.”

“People with autism are to-tally underestimated,” says Ex-ceptional Minds co-founder Yudi Bennett. More than 80 percent of people with dis-abilities, including autism, are un- or underemployed, and iso-lated with limited opportunities

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past historic Disney memorabilia encased in glass at Marvel Stu-dios in Burbank, Calif. He looks like any other young talent, in a gray sweater and jeans with a backpack slung over his shoulder.

Chapman comes across as a quiet soul, someone colleagues might easily label the “office loner.” His conversation—typically one- to three-word answers—is torturously slow and delivered without expression.

Has he seen Ant-Man, the hit for which he created the cred-

its—nearly eight minutes of scrolling names? He shakes his head. Then, very quietly, “Nope, some of my friends have.” Do they think what he does is cool? Another

awkward silence. “Yep.” Ask him what the best part of his

job is and finally Chapman cracks a tiny smile. “It’s when I walk home and see the Disney Tower characters illuminated,” he says. “It makes me feel like I did some-thing magical today.”

Chapman is part of a new wave of digital effects artists: He has autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a developmental disability char-acterized by repetitive behaviors and difficulty with social interac-tions that affects 1 in 68 American children. He found his place in the entertainment industry thanks to Exceptional Minds (EM),

Exceptional Minds students learn visual effects in the vocation-al training program’s studio in Hollywood (above). Director Peyton Reed looks on as artists help bring his sci-fi adventure Ant-Man to life.

Hiring Heroes Autism advocate Temple Grandin (pictured), who is on the autism spectrum herself, believes people of all autistic levels can be matched to suit-able jobs. “There’s a national shortage of mechanics, welders, electri-cians, plumbers—all highly skilled jobs that autistic people can be trained to do,” says Grandin. “Even lower-functioning people can do jobs like folding towels in a hotel or assembling lamps.”

She says employers don’t need training to hire them. “It’s simple: Give clear tasks and outcomes and don’t give them long strings of verbal instructions.”

In addition to Exceptional Minds, companies in other industries are hiring workers with special needs. •In 2007, Walgreens opened a distribution center staffed nearly 40 percent by disabled employees. The program has been a model for others, including Procter & Gamble, Best Buy and Lowe’s. •Through a partnership with the Autism Self Advocacy Network, the mortgage com-pany Freddie Mac has been hiring paid finance interns. • Microsoft has a pilot program that hires autistic adults for coding, software programming and math jobs. •Rangam Consultants and Autism Speaks teamed up to create Spectrum Careers, a program that matches employers with workers on the autism spectrum.

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“When Noah was 5, my husband Bob [Schneider] was diagnosed with cancer. He died when Noah was 8, leaving me as a single mother with an autistic only child,” Bennett recalls. “I had to decide, do I stay in my career or make my son’s life my focus?” She chose the latter. Schneider’s progress plateaued in high school (“I cried for weeks,” Bennett recalls), until a friend encour-aged her to enroll him in a digital after-school program.

“Within a month, Noah learned animation coding, started speaking and won age-appropriate awards for his work,” Bennett says. Propelled by his success and

her late husband’s dedication to answering the “What’s next?” question for autistic young adults after they leave school, Bennett got together with other families, pooled resources, formed the nonprofit in 2009 and in 2011 opened Exceptional Minds. And now her son is thriving.

The vibrant red and black walls at Exceptional Minds are adorned with movie posters, and state-of-the-art after-effects technology takes center stage in the class-rooms and studio. But a set of fake life-size elevator doors stuck to a wall hints at other important skills students C

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doing unskilled, low-paying work that leaves many suffering from chronic depression. “What we’re doing here is groundbreaking,” she says. “We’re cre-ating a model to apply to other vocations, from manufacturing and retail to music, to train and nurture young autistic adults into America’s workforce.” It’s a win for students and the industry.

A PASSION PROJECTBennett comes from a successful career as an assistant director of such hits as Pleasantville and Honeymoon in Vegas. Third-year student Schneider is her son. He was diagnosed with autism at age 3 and was mostly nonverbal as a child.

Academy Award winners Rain Man (1988) and Forrest Gump (1994) remain the seminal movies showcasing the realities of autism. Here are a few others. 1. Mozart and the Whale (2005) Josh Hartnett and Radha Mitchell play characters with Asperger’s syndrome (a form of autism) working to build a relationship in this drama based on a true love story.2. I Am Sam (2001) Sean Penn was nominated for an Oscar for his role as an autistic single father struggling to gain custody of his daughter.3. Little Man Tate (1991) Jodie Foster directed and starred in this feature about a single mom trying to protect her gifted son, who has Asperger’s syndrome.4. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) Leonardo DiCaprio’s stellar performance as Johnny Depp’s autistic younger brother earned him Oscar and Golden Globe nominations.

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someone is critical and let them know where I am at all times.” Schneider has also picked up lessons that would be helpful for

any young adult entering the workforce. “I learned about advo-cating for myself and being responsible,” he says. “I also learned about accepting feedback and applying it.”

Acquiring those kinds of basic skills was life-changing for EM studio artist David Miles, 26, an exuberant fast-talker. “My story’s like a movie when a protagonist is trying to fi gure out what to do and I was having a quarter-life crisis and I saw a segment on the news about Exceptional Minds and animation appeals to me so”—he takes a big breath—“I talked to my parents and came on a tour and it felt like a place where I would click and I moved out of my parents’ house, which has challenges, like fi guring out plumbing problems and changing my own light bulbs but”—an-other inhale—“I’m now more confi dent and optimistic.”

� e program earns another thumbs-up from grads and their families for how it helps students and EM graduates progress toward independent living, make friends and socialize. “It’s beyond most parents of ASD kids’ wildest dreams,” says Bennett.

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“� e minute we got to EM I knew I wanted Marvel to be a part of this,” says Victoria Alonso, Marvel Studios’ executive vice president of physical production. “People with autism have a re-markable talent we need. � ey need a place where they can have a future. And we [as society] need to make change. It was a perfect symbiosis. I was 100 percent in.”

Zwerman was ecstatic when Marvel called with an opening she felt suited EM graduate Chapman—and anxious when he started his job. � ough extremely talented at his craft, Chapman is excruci-atingly quiet and shy. She needn’t have worried. He’s excelling at his job and has been able to deal with typical workplace distractions.

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