Comments on: Words, Words, Words

By: Autism Vox 2008 in Review: August-December

Autism Vox 2008 in Review: August-December — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:02:38 +0000

[...] about the “right” of parents to vaccinate or not, everyone agreed that the use of “retard” in the movie Tropic Thunder was [...]

By: Speaking With Pictures

Speaking With Pictures — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:07:55 +0000

[...] for Kim, art was an outlet. She was able to express her loathing of the word “retarded,” or the feeling of rejection. Masks appear frequently in her art: “One reason is I adore [...]

By: Chocolate Kicks

Chocolate Kicks — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:05:33 +0000

[...] arts (kind of in a Kung Fu Panda vein); chocolate (M & M’s, even); the use of the r word in Tropic Thunder; Thailand; lots of flies. (And autism, but you knew [...]

By: Friends at the Beach House

Friends at the Beach House — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:09:45 +0000

[...] son who’s Charlie’s age; Thursday another friend came with her two sons (and Charlie communicated his distress at their leaving wordlessly, and sadly). From Friday afternoon till Monday morning our friend from [...]

By: This and Last Week’s Top Posts

This and Last Week’s Top Posts — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:29:38 +0000

[...] beach and I look up and see a small airplane pulling a banner that advertises a certain movie whose words have been under discussion [...]

By: Tricia K.

Tricia K. — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:29:51 +0000

I saw this movie on Thursday night. It seemed to me that the scenes where the “r” word was mentioned were more about pointing out, in a very over-the-top sort of way, how uneducated and out of touch actors are. The whole movie was about making fun of actors and those scenes were just sort of driving that point home and how only someone who is that out of touch with reality and “ditzy” would even have such a discussion. Nothing in that movie made me think they were making fun of people with disabilities. It was all about making fun of actors and hollywood. It was actually pretty funny.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:49:09 +0000

Another friend visiting now—-Charlie made sure we left the beach early so we were back at the beach house to greet him.

By: Bonnie Sayers

Bonnie Sayers — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:08:05 +0000

Sounds like great accomplishments for Charlie with the friends.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:41:09 +0000

I know what you mean exactly, Kristina, about there being so much in that brain that doesn’t get out the “typical” ways but is there to understand if people simply *try*. Nice post.

By: Daisy

Daisy — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:07:31 +0000

I caught my 16-yr-old watching Youtube videos with the R word in the title. I came down on him hard, and I only hope he understands.