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    Acting Autistic

    Actor Max Burkholder plays Max Braverman, a boy with Asperger's, on NBC's series Parenthood , now in its fifth season. Burkholder talks with Kim Masters about how he embodies the role and how he wishes he were more like his character.

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    By Kim Masters • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Actor Max Burkholder plays Max Braverman, a boy with Asperger's, on NBC's series Parenthood, now in its fifth season. Burkholder talks with Kim Masters about how he embodies the role and how he wishes he were more like his character.

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    Creating Authentic Autistic TV Characters
    1. 0:00Hollywood News Banter
    2. 7:55Consulting on Autism
    3. 21:23Acting AutisticYou’re reading this
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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Darby Maloney

      Producer

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      Max Burkholder

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Creating Authentic Autistic TV Characters
    1. 0:00Hollywood News Banter
    2. 7:55Consulting on Autism
    3. 21:23Acting AutisticYou’re reading this
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