Cat the Autist
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I'm just your everyday Autistic Artist.
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Aunt Hannah's Forbidden Room. Content Warning.
There was only one rule: don't open the door. Rachel had no choice but to spend a week at her aunt's house while her parents took a cruise for their anniversary. Aunt Hannah was a therapist, meaning that some of her fancy therapy words would "accidentally" make their way into everyday conversations. Knowing that her choice of words would be boring for a fifteen-year-old, Aunt Hannah gave her niece free range of the house to stay entertained.
By Cat the Autistabout a year ago in Horror
Frightengale
Nurse Jennifer Bates was doing her rounds around the hospital when she noticed a person that she didn't expect to see; Peter, a man who was being treated for his wounds in a car crash. Based on his injuries, he shouldn't be leaving the hospital alive. Most nurses and doctors would be happy to see a patient return home, but not Jennifer.
By Cat the Autistabout a year ago in Fiction
"It's like someone remade Rain Man and actually put some effort into it."
The earliest known movie with an autistic character was the 1969 Elvis Presley movie Change of Habit, which included child actress Lorena Kirk as an autistic girl named Amanda. When most people think of the earliest depictions of autism, however, they often think of Dustin Hoffman's Oscar-winning performance as the titular character in 1989's Rain Man. This was the first mainstream movie about autism, and it introduced the condition to a wider audience. Despite being so groundbreaking at the time, the movie's depiction of autism hasn't aged well. This isn't due to its accuracy; it's due to the fact that countless movies have taken Rain Man's premise and beaten it like a dead horse. Far too many filmmakers have taken the generic plotline of a white autistic male character trying to navigate in a neurotypical world and have run it to the ground. While some movies like 1994's What's Eating Gilbert Grape? have managed to find success in their time, others like 2021's Music (which actually switches out a white boy for basic white girl Maddie Ziegler) are a complete disgrace to the autistic community. With all of these copycats, it seems as though Hollywood can never get autistic representation right. Fortunately, things could be changing.
By Cat the Autist2 years ago in Critique
