A series of portraits drawn by ordinary children is followed by a second sequence of drawings by autistic children: a visual world populated by street lights and street scenes; very detailed and precisely-drawn trains and cars; spinning coins and records; calendars; bright doorknobs; water trickles; and multiple perspectives stairways, buildings, tunnels and railtracks, with people largely absent. Some live-action images are interspersed with the drawings. To these images, accompanied by flute and piano, children and adults narrate their experiences of autism, their thoughts and feelings, describing how they perceive their lives and the world. To quote a few:

"My hearing and eyesight was like an un-tuned television."
"I cannot take the rhythmic pattern of conversation and often interrupt."
"I was always obsessed with time."
"I asked the same question over and over again because I liked the sound of the answer."
"I like spinning a coins as I can concentrate and I don't have to hear the deafening noise of people speaking."