Published on 12, July, 2020
I watched Mary & Max the claymation animation for maybe the 17th time yesterday.
In a random Google search this morning I came across an 'Autism Anthem' - a YouTube compilation of film clips from:
Skins, The Good Doctor, Power Rangers, The Accountant, Scorpion, Parent Hood, Jane Wants A Boy Friend, The Story of Luke, Jack of the Red Hearts, Atypical, The 4400, Girl Meets World
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PtLcTGOrrKk
What do you think of attempts to portray autism in these, or any other, films or TV programmes?
Are there any accurate, positive, helpful representations of autistic people?
I'd love to know your thoughts!
"When people talk to each other, they never say what they mean. They say something else and you're expected to just know what they mean."
I know I've already mentioned this film before - but I watched it again this afternoon (for about the 6th time) and still think it's one of the most credible performances of a man with (undiagnosed) ASC I've ever seen. That Turing was also a homosexual at a time when it was a criminal offence... how he must have suffered.
His work helped us to defeat the N a z i s. But because of his 'crime', he committed suicide. This is how this country treats its heroes.
The 2013 Royal Pardon he received still doesn't make up for the greater crime this country committed against him.
The Imitation Game