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| Saturday, May 26th, 2012 |
rachelmanija
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rachelmanija
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Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism, by Roy Richard Grinker
A clear, well-written, informative, easy-reading book for the layperson on the history and current conceptions of autism, and what that means for people with autism. Grinker has an autistic daughter, and includes his own experiences with her to illuminate larger issues. He primarily writes about the US, but has two chapters with snapshots of the situation in South Korea and India. I particularly liked the lengthy section in which he makes his case that autism is not increasing, but seems to be because we are more aware of it. I don't have time to lay out his detailed explanations of how he came to each of his conclusions, but the reasons for the perceived increase are as follows: - It is only comparatively recently that autism, like many other mental and developmental disorders, has become understood as a unique phenomena rather than lumped in with every other disorder else as "mad" or "simple" or some such. That is, autism has always existed, but was not called "autism." - Parents and researchers agitated for more awareness of autism. Once people became aware, they started noticing it more: laypeople recognized kids with autism, and doctors became able to diagnose it. Previously, the same kids would have been labeled mentally retarded or schizophrenic or something other than autistic. - Due to improved services for autistic kids, pressure arose to diagnose kids with autism rather than with some other diagnosis which entitled them to less or inferior services. Hence, kids who previously would have been labeled mentally retarded are now labeled autistic. (Autism is also less stigmatized than mental retardation.) For the same reason, kids who have less severe problems, who previously would not have been diagnosed at all but would have struggled and been called weird, stupid, or lazy, now tend to get an autism diagnosis so they can get help. - A misprint in an early edition of the diagnostic manual DSM-IV - "or" instead of "and" - led to many kids qualifying for an autism diagnosis who otherwise wouldn't have gotten it. (Basically, it should have been "must have this symptom AND this symptom," but it was printed as "must have this symptom OR this symptom." Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism Crossposted to http://rachelmanija.dreamwidth.org/1040761.html. Comment here or there. |
nineweaving
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3:28p |
Tempest & teacups
This was hanging out above the clothesline at Phoxinus' house. All part of Englishness, along with shepherd's pie, The Archers, pots of tea, and hedgerow jams. 21 April 2012 Nine |
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jennycrusie
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3:51p |
New From Writewell: Basics of Character
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArghInk/~3/Gwd1K5xxGJI/ http://www.arghink.com/?p=7172 Lani Diane Rich’s Basics of Character Lecture is up at WritewellAcademy.com now:
The 201 Lecture is divided into four major subjects:
• Sacredness of Character
• Character Triangle
• Naming Your Character
• Character Discovery
The Lecture Package has four components:
• The Slideshow Lecture with voiceover
• The Audio of the voiceover alone.
• The Lecture 201 Notebook (pictures of the slides with quad-ruled spaces for taking notes)
• Supplementary material with exercises
Yes, I know I said I’d get my structure lecture up, but then I looked at the scene structure lecture that was next and realized I needed to do them both at once because of the overlap. Coming soon . . .
Edited to add:
The Writewell thread is up at the new Cherry Forums so if you’ve been wanting to ask questions and talk about the lectures, that’s here.
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swanwick_rss
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4:53p |
Aelita Complete
http://floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2012/05/aelita-complete.html . Aelita is over. It wound up today with a picnic. Which seemed appropriate since I'm currently reading the new translation of the restored text of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's Roadside Picnic. First, however, the group went to White River Cemetery to visit the graves of Vitaly Bugrov and Igor Khalymbadga. both of whom were very important to Urals science fiction. Bugrov was an important bibliographer who assembled the first comprehensive list of Russian science fiction. Khalymbadga was the founder of Aelita and the first editor of Urals Pathfinder magazine. The graveyard, like so many in Russia, was a forest, thronged with trees and grave markers. The gravestones were cleaned and flowers laid down. Then, after a respectful visit, we moved on. Our destination was the monument marking the dividing line between Asia and Europe. That's it up above. But first we had to stop at the Memorial Complex for Victims of Political Oppression, honoring those killed in the Terror from the Thirties through the early Fifties. Nobody really enjoyed this but it being there, we had a moral duty to stop. The complex, a small portion of which you can see below, is chiefly a memorial list of the names of 18,474 people from Sverdlovsky Oblast and the Urals Region who were killed for political reasons during Stalin's rule. Some of them were shot at the site of the memorial. We all returned to the bus in a somber mood. Finally, the picnic! Food, good company, and lots of talk. You've been there yourself, so you know. The formal highlight of the picnic was the awarding of the Aeliter Award. Or rather awards. There was an Aeliter Award for most drunkenness during the convention and an Aeliter Award Second Class (which I persist in thinking of as the Aelhalfliter Award) as well, the first of which was filled with wine which the recipient had to down immediately. I shall resist documenting the winners' names because they might someday apply for work with an employer who reads English. Nor will I mention the name of the foreign national who was given an Aeliter Third Class medallion. I'm sure it was only bestowed out of a misplaced sense of kindness anyway.
Immediately above: Note the plastic flies on the tip and base of the first-class Aeliter.* |
mcjulie
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10:16a |
Game of Thrones: Season 1: Episodes 1 & 2
Finally saw the first two episodes of the first season of Game of Thrones last night. I was kinda disappointed. I was really looking forward to Peter Dinklage as Tyrion, and he did not let me down. I was riveted whenever he was on the screen. When he wasn't… not so much. (Note: if you like Dinklage and have not seen The Station Agent, go see it now.) It's hard to see exactly where it goes wrong. It looks great at first glance -- beautiful and richly textured. But there's a cheapness to the design, a lack of attention to detail. We see the interior of two palaces, but they don't look much different from each other. Similarly, the clothing and hairstyles and jewelry don't do much to distinguish between different classes and functions of people. I feel like I ought to be able to tell at a glance who is a member of the King's party, and who is a Winterfell resident, and I can't. I ought to be able to instantly tell Lord Stark's bastard son from his eldest legitimate son, and I can't. The dragon eggs should look gorgeous and ominous, and they don't. The amount of story chosen for each episode seemed good, but I still thought the scripts were weak. Or maybe it was the direction. Or the casting. Or the acting (of everyone except Peter Dinklage). Whatever it was, I didn't get a strong sense of character or emotion at any point. Everything just seems very serious and slow and heavy with Medieval solemnity. And yet the sense of mystical foreboding from the book doesn't really come across, and several scenes that should be suspenseful or exciting simply aren't. Probably my biggest disappointment is the queen and her non-dwarf brother, because they are the villains and they are awful and I should hate them with all my soul. Instead… they seem kinda like everyone else. Very serious and dreary and Medieval. So, I''ll probably keep watching, but I'm not running out to rent disk 2 right this second. To those of you who've seen the whole series, does it get better? Or is this pretty much it, and if it's not really working for me now, it never will? |
futuresoon
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1:12p |
when my advisor said to look for stuff I did not expect there to be actual stuff
aaaaahhhhh I think I just accidentally applied for a localization position at Nintendo I mean I was looking at stuff through a job search stuff and it came up and there was a long online form and I filled it out but saved as a draft because I wanted to get help from my adviser on what to actually do with it but now I've gotten three separate auto-emails from Nintendo telling me they've received it and will be considering it I barely have a resume and no cover letter and no experience in the industry and I am 100% certain they won't accept me because everything about my application screams "hello I am a college graduate who has never done anything industry-related" but now that I am aware the position exists and is actually in my home state and they didn't specify any actual technical requirements beyond basically being good at writing and knowing stuff about video games and having a degree in creative writing which I actually will have in a couple weeks so I kind of have a sudden interest in it? aaaaaaahhhhh real life and careers what is even happening |
jinian
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11:21a |
more Wiscon
Vid party: Pretty fun, mostly with a couch to myself, which led to literal curling at times. I did get some company when ![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) maevele and friend were around, yay. Vids looked better when F.lux was turned off, despite being projected on a textured tan wall. My amazing swap skirt came from futuransky, who clearly has no shortage of wonderful clothes, as she was wearing a great minidress with silk-screened octopuses. The sing-along had a few too many newer songs I don't know, but the Occupy vid and a truly amazing Clark/Lex were definite highlights of the show overall. (I can find neither right now but will link the playlist when/if it goes up.) Farmer's market: Very depopulated in the rain! You could walk at your normal speed and even go around slow people; this unfortunately meant people felt free to stand around doing nothing in the path, but oh well. Even the booths were thin on the ground. But I got delicious foods and admired impossible things like cooking-only foods (golden oyster mushrooms!) and flowers. - Kalamata olive bread
- Cinnamon roll with frosting (breakfast; too sugary)
- Sugar snap peas (also breakfast; just sweet enough)
- "Hull-less" popcorn named "Baby Rice"
- Pint of strawberries
- Beautiful rosy-red radishes (if oyceter had been here I might have gotten the black spanish radish to share, but that thing was big)
- Cheese curds (2 bags for $6 rainy-day special)
- Chevre with ash
- Little blueberry bread
- Raspberry turnover
- Little rhubarb pie
- Pesto-and-something croissant
So, picnic on more market goodies, then off to the green room to prep for my panel on PONIES Fantastical Girlhood. This entry was originally posted at http://jinian.dreamwidth.org/501987.html. Respond wherever you like. |
sartorias
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9:30a |
Two things
First, you people who recommended The Exotic Marigold Hotel film, two thumbs up! I went last night with some of my Jane Austen discussion group. We all loved it. Tonight: Avengers with the family. A juicy discussion of fanfiction and literature by ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) alecaustin here. |
whafford
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11:53a |
Museum as Iceberg/Labyrinth
I mentioned in my last post that museums were like icebergs, showing only a small portion of their overall material. My friend Kim Leaman, archaeological illustrator extraordinaire, took that statement to heart. Even though she now works mostly at Princeton, she says it's hard to see our Penn building as anything but an iceberg. Of course, being very familiar with the museum since she worked here for many years, she adds that it has a labyrinthian quality as well. So on a lunchtime foray she made this mashup representation of just what our museum is like: 
I immediately identified with the image and asked to share it. It's weird and cool all at once, which is largely how I see working in here on most days. It's always an adventure to head down into the belly of the iceberg.
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