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Heart-warming, funny, emotional behind the scenes footage from the day an Autistic film maker met and interviewed the man who inspired him to make films - Doctor Who. In the BBC1 drama series The A Word, Christopher Eccleston plays the grandfather of an autistic child, film maker Gerard Groves shares.

Living with autism can court an endless stream of irksome comments and assumptions. Stuff like 'autistic people are geniuses' - load of old rubbish, for the record. In fact, some are even pants at maths. It's time for people in the know to explain some of the stupid things they'd rather not hear...