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    Consulting on Autism

    Alex Plank co-created WrongPlanet.net , an online autism community. He also hosts and produces the online series Autism Talk TV . Over the past year he has worked as a consultant on the FX series The Bridge .

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

    Alex Plank co-created WrongPlanet.net, an online autism community. He also hosts and produces the online series Autism Talk TV. Over the past year he has worked as a consultant on the FX series The Bridge. He works with actress Diane Kruger, who plays a character on the autism spectrum, and the writers and producers of the series to bring authenticity to that character. Plank is also in post-production on the documentary Shameful about how children with autism are mistreated in France.

    Alex Plank with Diane Kruger on the soundstage of "The Bridge"

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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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      Alex Plank

      autism advocate and filmmaker

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