The Asperger's Difference is a 31 minute, documentary-style piece with accompanying study guide designed for adolescents and young people with Asperger Syndrome (AS) and features three articulate young people with AS talking about their experiences, challenges and hopes for the future.  The DVD is designed to be viewed alone or in groups, with or without an instructor, parent or therapist, and is accompanied by a study guide to help individualize material.  The Asperger's Difference seeks to help young adults understand their diagnosis of AS as they begin the complicated emotional and physical transition into adolescence and adulthood and to promote self-advocacy among this group. The DVD may also be viewed by typical peers as part of a diversity curriculum, family members, educational and clinical staff as well as others in the greater community touched by Asperger Syndrome.The Asperger's Difference invites the viewer to follow three articulate young people with Asperger Syndrome as they navigate the waters of daily life and journey towards self-understanding, self-confidence and self-advocacy. The poignant and candid insights into the longing and isolation they experience offer a window into a disability that has achieved epidemic numbers in our country; yet we are also given the opportunity to see the often overlooked strengths, poise, self-awareness and sense of humor which give us the full picture of what it means to live with Asperger's. The DVD includes commentary by educational consultant, Meredith Akers, and has been endorsed by leaders in the autism field including Tony Attwood and Temple Grandin, who said "This video would have been very helpful to me in high school...I also really like the way the video presented the positive side of being an "Aspie." This is a fantastic video, and it should be used in schools across the nation."