Sia Dismisses Backlash Over New Film, Proving Again As to Why Misrepre sentation of Disabled People Is So Harmful
Once again, disabled people face being portrayed inaccurately in a movie by an abled actor. Sia, an Australian singer-songwriter, is directing a movie titled Music, about a woman who must care for her nonverbal autistic half-sister with the help of their neighbor. The trailer was released on November 19th and was the target of a […]
What Non-Autistics Don’t Understand About Autism
I hung out with two autistic children today (Jane, 5 and Harry, 7) and realized a few things. I spent an hour or so playing Minecraft with Harry and talking with Jane about how excited she is to be having a baby sister come this weekend. I told their mom (my godmother) that I simply […]