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dravidious · 6 months ago

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Speaking of movies I went to see a movie called Ezra about a kid named Ezra with autism and his dad, and very early on I thought to myself "they better not make Ezra become less autistic as character development." They did that. The movie even made a whole thing about how they can't just make Ezra become normal and how they have to accept Ezra as he is. But apparently they just needed to find the right person to teach him to hold eye contact and hug people. They even show that Ezra still doesn't like touch, but he bravely pushes aside his discomfort and hugs his parents, because apparently a son that a mother can't hug is just no good.

#asks #god this movie thinks it's so progressive #and then it just. does the thing #i was not surprised to learn that it was written not by an autistic person but by a parent of an autistic person #there's good stuff in it but like. come on. really?#that's gotta be like Writing Autism 101 #autistic traits are not character flaws to be overcome #you are not entitled to eye contact and hugs!#if someone doesn't like metal utensils in their mouth then they don't like it! just let the kid use plastic!#it would be more acceptable if those things were actually important but they fucking aren't. they aren't wtf #YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO EYE CONTACT AND HUGS!!#eye contact and hugs are not important!#they make a situation happen at the climax where Ezra uses eye contact and hugs to calm down his dad but that's it #that's just about the only possible situation in which overcoming these “flaws” is important #but then they KEEP MAKING EZRA HUG HIS PARENTS! even though he doesn't like it!#at the end of the movie the dad is dropping him off for school and is like “can i get a hug?”#and ezra is clearly Not Enthused but gives him a hug anyway #really? this is the message you want to send? that autistic people should do everything in their power to overcome their autism?#just to make neurotypicals happy at the expense of their own comfort?#THAT'S what you want to tell autistic people? THAT'S what they need to hear? that's what you want to tell their PARENTS?#most of the movie is good but. wtf. this kinda ruins the whole thing #and it seems like no one is talking about this awful message #though it seems like not many people are talking about the movie at all especially not on tumblr

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