Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2022, CODA— which stands for "Child of Deaf Adults" — is a charming coming-of-age tale like no other. Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) is a quiet, musically-inclined teenager who balances her dream of being a singer with helping her family's...
The Breakfast Club (1985)is a raw representation of the average teenager's life. Teenage life is difficult because society expects teenagers to act like adults but treats them as a child. This film encourages the viewer to realize that teenagers have intense feelings that affect how they behave...
Because Dustin Hoffman was so lauded for his role as autistic savant Raymond, it’s become fashionable to point out that, you see, the really great performance in Rain Man is actually Tom Cruise’s, who plays a soulless SOB who befriends his estranged brother in order to get his hands on...
(like it does with many adults) my child does some of his stereotypy even while sleeping—active hand and body movements i see during the day. my autistic child is sleeping too much our bodies require a certain amount of sleep to perform adequately. the specific requirement varies by age, ...
focus on autistic children and young adults. The inevitability that people with autism are bound to face the responsibilities of adulthood is something that filmmakers often sidestep or overlook altogether. As a result, Hollywood movies depicting autistic youths tend to romanticize them, sometimes even...
Not to be confused with the 2019 dramaCoda, in which Sir Patrick Stewart plays a concert pianist, the lead of Apple’s 2021 originalCODAis also passionate about music, but the title has another meaning as well. Emilia Jones plays 17-year-old Ruby, a CODA, or a Child of Deaf Adults. ...
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Despite the image that may come to mind from the title ofAutistic Bikini Queen, Fern Brady’s comedy special is not that kind of show — although she is very open about being autistic and a former stripper. In fact, one of her funniest jokes imagines the world’s greatest superhero using...
he may just discover the answers to some of life’s most important questions. This is one of the most heartwarming Pixar movies that will make you question what you’re doing with your life and the meaning of life, pretty deep stuff for adults, while having plenty of fun characters to ...
Nesbit is a witty writer — there’s plenty here for adults as well as kids. Fun facts: At one point, Edred and Elfrida bump into “Cousin Dick,” who is also time-traveling. He will be the protagonist of Harding’s Luck. * Kenneth Grahame’s children’s fantasy adventure The Wind...