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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: I'm kind of offended by The Autistic Pride movements |
| NicholasGray |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2010, 12:32 am
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| There is a very good reason for the comparison. Decades ago, autism was not listed in the DSM but homosexuality was. Being gay was considered a form of "mental illness" to be cured. One of the primary methods attempted was ABA intervention, including aversion therapy (i.e. shock treatments). So-call... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Philadelphia Benefit Concerts |
| NicholasGray |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2009, 12:43 pm
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| For those in the eastern Pennsylvania, south Jersey or Delaware area: Autism Living and Working ("ALAW"), an autism charity with a message of acceptance and inclusion, is having two fundraisers in Philadelphia in the next week. Their mission statement is: A world in which adults with autism/ASD live... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Trailer for AS movie 'Adam'. |
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Posted: 10 May 2009, 12:54 am
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Replies: 72
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| I saw it when I was at a festival with If You Could Say It In Words. Max Mayer, the director of Adam, and I got to talk for a bit, mostly about how we had both come to make aspie-NT romance movies at roughly the same time on opposite sides of the country. The movie is good, very sweet and heartwarmi... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: If You Could Say It In Words - West Coast Premiere |
| NicholasGray |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2009, 4:53 pm
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Replies: 7
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| We will be applying to Raindance very soon. That much I know. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Questions on ABA |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2009, 3:59 pm
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Replies: 23
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| Thanks for all the feedback folks, and especially for the links. To clarify though: I do know what ABA is, and I know about it in broad strokes. I wanted to know if there were specific questions you wanted me to ask him when we met. This seems like a great chance to clear up misunderstandings, to he... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: If You Could Say It In Words - West Coast Premiere |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2009, 3:04 pm
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| Hi Geom, As of now we have no plans for Spain. We are looking into festivals in Western Europe though, and will be shopping for a foreign rights distributor on the festival circuit here. If nothing else, after our festival year there should (there are no guarantees) be a DVD release of some kind; th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Questions on ABA |
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Posted: 17 Mar 2009, 10:29 pm
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| Nicholas Gray here, from the movie If You Could Say It In Words that Alex reviewed last summer. The movie is headed out to LA for a festival in a few weeks. Whenever it plays somewhere I try to set up some outreach time with various groups in the area, and some "listening time" where I meet with dif... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: asperger films |
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Posted: 11 Mar 2009, 3:32 am
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Replies: 36
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| I'm Nicholas, the director of If You Could Say It In Words. http://www.wrongplanet.net/article376.html I'm posting this info in a bunch of discussions on WP that mention our movie, including this one. We're having our West Coast premiere on March 29th as part of the 2009 Method Fest, a festival dedi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: New Here-Anything good about being an Aspie? |
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Posted: 11 Mar 2009, 3:22 am
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| Obstinate: Not sure where you live, but If You Could is going to be screening March 29 as part of the 2009 Method Fest near Los Angeles and April 16-18 in Omaha, Nebraska as part of a autism conference there. I don't have all the details on Nebraska yet, but you can find out about the California scr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Films About Asperger's |
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Posted: 11 Mar 2009, 3:18 am
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Replies: 37
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| My movie "If You Could Say It In Words" (which won Best of Festival at the 2008 Derby City Film Fest) and Max Mayer's movie "Adam" which had a very successful screening at Sundance in January are both playing at the 2009 Method Fest (http://www.methodfest.com) near Los Angeles CA at the end of March... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: movie-IF YOU COULD SAY IT IN WORDS |
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Posted: 11 Mar 2009, 3:06 am
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| If You Could Say It In Words is having its West Coast premiere on March 29th at the 2009 Method Fest (http://www.methodfest.com). A strong turnout here will be helpful for our chances at getting into the Raindance Festival in London, where we are applying this month. Try to help us get the word out ... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: If you could say it in words Article deleated |
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Posted: 11 Mar 2009, 3:03 am
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| First, my thanks to this group for helping us overcome the wikipedia hurdle. I just updated the site today to include our selection at the 11th annual Method Fest in Los Angeles. Method Fest is dedicated to honoring great acting performances, and they invited us out after seeing Alvin's portrayal of... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: "Mary and Max" opens Sundance Film Festival |
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Posted: 11 Mar 2009, 2:49 am
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| Both Max Mayer's movie "Adam" and my movie "If You Could Say It In Words" are playing at the Method Fest later this month in Los Angeles. Wrong Planet review here This is a really good opportunity get some good conversation going about the portrayal of autistics in film and other media, because the ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: If You Could Say It In Words - West Coast Premiere |
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Posted: 11 Mar 2009, 2:34 am
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Replies: 7
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| For those that couldn't see it in Kentucky, this movie will be playing at a festival in Los Angeles at the end of the month. (Also, screening at an autism conference in Nebraska in mid-April. You can contact Adam Eisenstein for details about any screening, or visit us on FaceBook.) With two aspie-re... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: The Drug Ecstacy And Empathy. |
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Posted: 16 Oct 2008, 12:07 pm
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Replies: 21
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| The Showtime series Huff actually had an episode built around the MDMA therapy. It's just a TV show, so it hardly qualifies as a serious study or anything. But they did a nice job talking through the pros/cons of therapeutic drug use, especially with ecstacy. Side Note: In another episode they show ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Dennis Leary - say it aint so... |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2008, 4:30 pm
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Quote: The show is crap. It used to be pretty good but it devolved into turning most of the character storylines into PG-13 versions of pornos.
I don't have TV, so I am a season behind watching on Netflix. |
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