This fictional book has probably been released for some time, but I recently saw a review of the book. The book was written by a curebie writer mother of an autistic boy, who has seen the commercial potential in using her (surprisingly limited) first-hand knowledge of autism in her writing.
I hope the book bombs, but I'll probably be disappointed. :mad:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.j...stic13.xml
I think the film rights have already been sold, so I doubt if we will hear the end of it. :roll:
Well, the AFF could turn a negative thing into an opportunity for publicity. If it appears to be a certain thing that the movie will be a negative or misleading or exploitative depiction of autism, the premire of the movie could give the AFF an opportunity to stage a protest and in doing that awareness of our viewpoint could be publicised.
There is a big problem is doing that. Unless we have seen it first, how can we know if the film itself it negative or not?
If the book stinks, and then the movie is based on the book ...
If the book stinks, and then the movie is based on the book ...
If the book is good, and the film producer wants to modify it to suit common stereotypes in order to broaden the appeal......
I don't like the woman's attitude at all. Being dumped into foreign social situations completely against my will is exactly the thing I hate most: it's uncomfortable, it's scary, I'm not sure what to do about anyone and have no opportunity to learn because there are simply too many people that are not interesting and I can't tell them apart until I know them.
ConLang, are you commenting on the after-school play centre that the author helped to set up?
I personally think the idea is insensitive to the needs of autistics. I know a lot of autistics get very tired after spending the whole day surrounded with people at school or at work, and the last thing we want to do when we leave these places is to face another noisy, chaotic horde. Of course, so much of the stuff that NT parents do "for" their autistic kids is really about meeting the needs of parents rather than the kids. I would also say the same about NT parents of normal kids.
ConLang, are you commenting on the after-school play centre that the author helped to set up?
I personally think the idea is insensitive to the needs of autistics. I know a lot of autistics get very tired after spending the whole day surrounded with people at school or at work, and the last thing we want to do when we leave these places is to face another noisy, chaotic horde. Of course, so much of the stuff that NT parents do "for" their autistic kids is really about meeting the needs of parents rather than the kids. I would also say the same about NT parents of normal kids.
you know, a big reason why i didn't really do too much after school stuff is becuase the kids were so mean to me during school in that toture chamber, i didn't want to spend more time being teased and put down...i had too much of that in school. i needed my time after school to myself so i can get away from it all in my own world and really feel good about myself, where it wasn't really that way at school.
I'm sorry to read that school life was so unpleasant for you, Bravesj858. I have read so many similar statements from aspies about their school bullying experiences. I was kind of a social nobody in one school, with a bit more bullying in another school, but I was bullied a lot by kids outside of school that I hardly knew at all. :? I wonder if bullying is a universal aspie experience? Has anyone done a poll about it?
If I should come across it, I hope this book will at least be well-written. Curious incident was the most boring book I've ever tried to read in my life.