Posts by Hilary Stace
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I misread this - thought you were suggesting the Prime Minister should become a topless TV presenter to attract votes.
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DSM IV 1994 first mentioned Aspergers. If activists win, it might not be in the revision due in 2012(?), as they see it no more a mental disorder than homosexuality which was dropped in c1972.
And re funny TV - not quite the Daily Show but @7 on TV3 hasn't been too bad for a first attempt in my IMHO.
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Rich - the book is much better (and doesn't have Hugh Grant in it). The boy is written as much more autistic than portrayed in the movie.
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No, Danielle, there isn't specifically, just as there isn't in most of the other movies, programmes, books mentioned. But Nick Hornby is a specialist in the field and it's a strong unspoken theme in most of his books.
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Craig - depends whether you are talking about Aspergers as a DSM clinical diagnosis, or a cultural construction.
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not sure about how TV shows seem to be treating Aspergers as the new "quirky".
Concerning me a little too with Bones and Doc Martin starting again last night. One or more of the characters in Glee likely will have their tentative Aspergers played up in the future I'm sure. Not counting books and movies, eg the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and About A Boy which screened the other night. And the Temple Grandin movie will be out soon.
I blame Peter Sellers/Hal Ashby and Being There for starting it all (or maybe Harold and Maude even earlier).
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Fascinating, thanks Fiona. Unfortunately, I missed the Wheels episode. Wonder if the actor with Downs gets a real part in the future.
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I don't know what to think about this scene in Glee last week with the Deaf choir. Is it tokenistic? Are the choir all Deaf or just actors like the kid in the wheelchair? Some are just using their hands and not their faces, which is a major part of sign language communication. If they are a real Deaf choir why do they need to be helped to provide sound? (Probably it's only me that worries about things like this.)
Got the first series of Big Bang Theory for Christmas. Great entertainment for these winter days.
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George, Rikai - that National Library glass box enclosure is no longer happening. They are remodelling and fixing up some of the interior, for which the library building will be closed to the public till 2012, but there was enough of an outcry (and it was going to cost millions) to stop that particular folly.
And re Hundertwasser - what a shame that NZ, apart from Kawakawa, lost that chance to use his expertise. We could have had public housing, public buildings and amenities around the country if councils and governments had been a little braver. But we do have the flag.
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Robyn, just what I was thinking about the natural disaster aspect of the bronze spiderweb covering the court. It probably has useful earthquake survival properties, such as holding the building together and preventing glass crashing on to the street.
But I do like buildings that cause people to go along for a look and then talk about it. The other construction I have been watching are the international terminal 'copper rocks' at Wellington airport. Can't quite see how it will look yet, but I'm sure it will make a statement that (apart from the landing) this is not just another airport.