Autism in the Middle The Middle television autism Curator's Note To compile a list of television characters on the autism spectrum is to identify many of the most unusual and exceptional figures on television: the brainy awkwardness of Temperance &qu ...
I think what McCarthy benefits from is the sense many parents have that medical professionals do not take their concerns seriously. McCarthy takes it to an extreme and asserts that her knowledge is superior to that of scientists. However, what may be the ...
Didn't we see a kind of autistic subjectivity in the HBO movie Temple Grandin? I recall (been a while since I've seen it) a filmic representation of Grandin's "thinking in pictures." I've seen Katims speak to an Asperger' ...
I have not seen this film, though it has been on my To-Watch List. Implicit in the use of autism as an alibi is the assumption that people with autism do not have responsibility for their words (actions?). Does autism truly offer that alibi? Do representa ...
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