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The Autistic Me BBC1, 10.35pm MOST young adults take their freedoms for granted - they can choose their friends, stay out late, learn to drive and decide what they want to do as a career.

But for people growing up on the autistic spectrum, life is very different. This documentary follows three people with autism at pivotal moments on the rocky road to being accepted as an adult. Twenty-three-year-old Oli has highfunctioning autism and is looking to find work. He is finding it tough as he can't communicate or deal with pressure as others can.

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Thomas has autism spectrum disorder and is approaching 16, but the ...

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