No Movie for Autism Awareness Day?

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• Trsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202

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  02/04/14 - 19:48 #2

  FusionFury wrote: »

  I would of liked to have seen a autistic movie on TV to mark this special day, and to help raise awareness - there is a few to choose from that have never been on UK as far as I remember..
  
  There doesn't much on TV about it..

  
  Just out of interest, what does constitute an autistic movie?

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• Virgil Tracy Posts: 26,806

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  02/04/14 - 19:53 #3

  FusionFury wrote: »

  I would of liked to have seen a autistic movie on TV to mark this special day, and to help raise awareness - there is a few to choose from that have never been on UK as far as I remember..
  
  There doesn't much on TV about it..

  
  like what ?
  
  don't movies tend to misrepresent Autism ?
  
  
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• koantemplation Posts: 101,293

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  02/04/14 - 22:28 #4

  Trsvis_Bickle wrote: »

  Just out of interest, what does constitute an autistic movie?

  
  Adam
  Mozart and The Whale.
  BenX
  Temple Grandin.
  
  To name a few.

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• Trsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202

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  03/04/14 - 15:18 #5

  koantemplation wrote: »

  Adam
  Mozart and The Whale.
  BenX
  Temple Grandin.
  
  To name a few.

  
  Hmm, I suspect that you're actually naming all of them there.:D
  
  Can't say I've heard of any of them.

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• gashead Posts: 13,819

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  03/04/14 - 16:17 #6

  FusionFury wrote: »

  I would of liked to have seen a autistic movie on TV to mark this special day, and to help raise awareness - there is a few to choose from that have never been on UK as far as I remember..
  
  There doesn't much on TV about it..

  To be fair, almost every day is 'Something Awareness Day', just people aren't, um, aware of it unless the specific interest groups shout about it. I certainly didn't know. To be fairer, I don't think any of these days tend to have films about them on TV. There's always The Big Bang Theory though. On E4 most days. ;-)
  
  Hey, this'd make a great game in the movie games forum. Pick a day, name the film that should be on !
  

  koantemplation wrote: »

  Adam
  Mozart and The Whale.
  BenX
  Temple Grandin.
  
  To name a few.

  That's been on Sky Atlantic a few times. OP must have missed it.
  

  Trsvis_Bickle wrote: »

  Hmm, I suspect that you're actually naming all of them there.:D
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  What did Rainman have?

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• koantemplation Posts: 101,293

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  03/04/14 - 17:07 #7

  Mysterious Creatures
  
  Mary and Max

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• Centaurion Posts: 2,060

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  03/04/14 - 20:30 #8

  gashead wrote: »

  To be fair, almost every day is 'Something Awareness Day', just people aren't, um, aware of it unless the specific interest groups shout about it. I certainly didn't know. To be fairer, I don't think any of these days tend to have films about them on TV. There's always The Big Bang Theory though. On E4 most days. ;-)
  
  Hey, this'd make a great game in the movie games forum. Pick a day, name the film that should be on !
  
  
  That's been on Sky Atlantic a few times. OP must have missed it.
  
  
  What did Rainman have?

  
  Oh oh.

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• Fairyprincess0 Posts: 30,075

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  03/04/14 - 23:45 #9

  The twisted nerve....but that's not really appropriate.

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• Tal'shiar Posts: 2,290

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  04/04/14 - 00:01 #10

  Every day is awareness of yet another "issue" that is all of a sudden in fashion. I often suspect that many days have more than one "issue" that needs a full compliment of coloured wrist bands and aspirational pepsi adverts to compliment it.

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  04/04/14 - 00:34 #11

  I'd say Saga from the bridge is easily the best portrayal of an autistic character on screen.
  
  Didn't like the ending of Adam, which essentially said autistic people must become more "normal" for others to accept them.

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• muggins14 Posts: 61,844

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  04/04/14 - 00:41 #12

  March was Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, there wasn't a CP-related film on either.
  
  8-24th May is National Epilepsy week, I doubt we will see much film-related epilepsy.
  
  There is a National day for everything, a week, a month, International days, etc. All fantastic to raise awareness for and about the various issues, but you don't see films about them on TV generally (fiction or otherwise).
  
  Why autism specifically? Not a criticism, but presumably it's something close to your heart (as CP and epilepsy are to mine )

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• Trsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202

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  04/04/14 - 12:49 #13

  gashead wrote: »

  What did Rainman have?

  
  I thought that the reason koantemplation specifically didn't name that film was because it wasn't an autistic film but one featuring an autistic character.

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• Kat_12 Posts: 1,532

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  04/04/14 - 15:00 #14

  Raymond Babbitt was the name of the character in Rain Man. He wasn't called Rainman like some superhero.
  
  He was autistic, but he was based on Kim Peek, who is thought to have had something called FG Syndrome, which is a chromosomal disorder not linked to autism.
  
  I agree it's not practical to have a film for every "awareness" day, but tbh so many film featuring particular illnesses/conditions/issues so deeply misrepresent them as to essentially decrease awareness.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 7,440

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  05/04/14 - 08:48 #15

  Most films to do with various conditions like autism tend to me films made for TV and are often really bad or cringe worthy with how sentimental they are.

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  06/04/14 - 08:22 #16

  Would this have been a good idea? A great deal of media coverage regarding the Autistic Spectrum is not helpful, badly researched and factually incorrect.

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