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 Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation   Topic: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - NY Times Review

nycstefano
 Post subject: More than a film issue
Posted: 24 Dec 2011, 8:27 pm 

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Suggesting that AS children should be unwanted is simply not acceptable critism.

This is not about the film but the characteristic of an AS child.

Is this not clear enough?

 Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation   Topic: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - NY Times Review

nycstefano
 Post subject: Not a conscious choice
Posted: 24 Dec 2011, 3:09 pm 

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What really upsets the most from this reviewer, and some other accompanying reader reviews, is the sentiment that AS is a choice and represents precocious privileged children of the Upper West Side who should be shunned or worse. Witness these sentiments in reader comments for the review: The main c...

 Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation   Topic: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - NY Times Review

nycstefano
Posted: 24 Dec 2011, 12:10 pm 

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I have already seen the film at an advanced screening with the Director and the Screenwriter. My thoughts are this is an excellent film and well worth watching - perhaps one of the best of the year. However the following passage from this week's New York Times is SHOCKING!! ! "Laden with phobias, cu...
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