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Tag: Autism in Media

Autism in Media: Pixar's Loop
Advocacy, Myths and Misconceptions

Autism in Media: Pixar’s Loop

January 16, 2020

Pixar’s short film Loop has recently dropped on Disney Plus.  It’s a 9-minute story about two teenagers – one non-verbal autistic, one neurotypical – having to learn to communicate with one another. That’s the dry, plain description.  Now for my actual reaction. Omg, y’all!  I […]

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Autism in Media X-Files "Roland"
Myths and Misconceptions

Autism in Media: X-Files “Roland”

August 22, 2019

This month in Autism in Media, we’re jumping ahead from 1988’s Rain Man to the first season of X-Files in 1994.  There are notable portrayals of autism in the intervening years, and I’ll get back to them, but X-Files had extensive cultural reach in the […]

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Autism in Media: "A Test for Living"
Myths and Misconceptions

Autism in Media: “A Test for Living”

June 17, 2019

Autism has been mentioned and shown in media for much longer than we’ve had a solid understanding of the condition.  I’ve decided to look through some of these depictions of autism in media chronologically, to see how things have changed.  I hope to find some […]

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