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mARCH 2015 FILM FEATURES AUTISTIC BOY WHO DEFIES BULLIES TO BECOME MATHS GENIUS.

Autism Film to be released in March 2015

X+Y is the story of an autistic boy who suffered years of bullying before being recognised as a maths genius eventually graduating from Cambridge University. The film tells the story of Nathan Ellis who is autistic, and is based on a true story where his Asperger’s goes undiagnosed at his private school until he was 15. He moves school and gets three maths ‘A’ levels at the age of 17 and is allowed to study his other great passion, Chinese; is then offered a place at Cambridge; and, wins a silver medal at the maths Olympiad.