Autism Friendly Films aims to make cinema outings a stress-free experience for children with autism and their parents
Tommy and Daniel Copeman love movies – Harry Potter, Transformers, Indiana Jones – but trips to the cinema are rare. Like many people with autism, Tommy, 13, finds the darkness, flashing lights and noisy sound effects of the big screen frightening, often so much so that he has to leave a film halfway through.
Ten-year-old Daniel, who has Asperger's syndrome, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and also suffers from anxiety, enjoys the experience much more than his older brother, but finds it hard to keep still or quiet throughout the film. He likes to talk to the characters on the screen, and can be obsessively observant of small details. Watching Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull at the cinema, he swore he had spotted a spider crawling over the screen, and then wanted to tell everybody about it,...
Tommy and Daniel Copeman love movies – Harry Potter, Transformers, Indiana Jones – but trips to the cinema are rare. Like many people with autism, Tommy, 13, finds the darkness, flashing lights and noisy sound effects of the big screen frightening, often so much so that he has to leave a film halfway through.
Ten-year-old Daniel, who has Asperger's syndrome, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and also suffers from anxiety, enjoys the experience much more than his older brother, but finds it hard to keep still or quiet throughout the film. He likes to talk to the characters on the screen, and can be obsessively observant of small details. Watching Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull at the cinema, he swore he had spotted a spider crawling over the screen, and then wanted to tell everybody about it,...
- 8/8/2011
- by Rachel Williams
- The Guardian - Film News
Wednesday night's (March 18) episode of "American Idol" featured perhaps the best musical performances of this season. Ke$ha and 3Oh!3 blew everybody away with the spectacle that was "Blah Blah Blah" and David Cook delivered a soul-filled, extra-loud performance of the Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash." But the pleasant surprise of the night came care of Orianthi, the former Michael Jackson guitarist who dropped her latest album Believe and scored a hit with "According to You."
Orianthi represents something of an endangered species in today's rock landscape: A truly badass female guitarist. Wednesday night's performance (along with her greater body of work, especially in "Michael Jackson's This Is It") slides her into the list of the 10 best female guitarists of all time. Who else is on there? Glad you asked.
Suzi Quatro
There is a lot of buzz surrounding the release of "The Runaways," but there would probably be no Joan Jett without Suzi Quatro,...
Orianthi represents something of an endangered species in today's rock landscape: A truly badass female guitarist. Wednesday night's performance (along with her greater body of work, especially in "Michael Jackson's This Is It") slides her into the list of the 10 best female guitarists of all time. Who else is on there? Glad you asked.
Suzi Quatro
There is a lot of buzz surrounding the release of "The Runaways," but there would probably be no Joan Jett without Suzi Quatro,...
- 3/18/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
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