Autism/Video/Book

In the video "Autism" it helped me understand what it really feels like to be autistic like chistopher. The video showed how hard of a life the kids are going through and not able to fully every emotion that is surrounding them. For example Neil and his mother have been through alot alone besides them dealing with Neil's Autism. Neil's mother is a hard working lady who tried best to help her son battle through this desease and get it under control. Her Husband had split up with her and it hurted her alot but it made her stronger. Christopher can relate to Neil in alot of ways, for example the parenthood; as you can see Christophers parents did break up. The video helped me understand the Disease "Autism" in a special way, the book helped but not as much as visual wise. When Christopher found his neighbors dog he went to her house and repeatedly kept coming and going and his behavior was very awkward. So his neighbor called the cops on him. In Neil's situation, when his behavior gets awkward and he doesnt know how to react to certain situations he becomes aggressive for example when he seen the litttle kid in the park. He attacked the little kid and he lost control of him self. Christopher and neil are alot similar when it comes to behavior too, they intend to attack.In the Movie Autism showed me how it affected more than one person and that it was a very serious illness, but in the book autism only showed me how it affected one person and it was only christopher. Autism can affect anyone and it can hurt parents so much because society will not just welcome these kids, it did not welcome christopher and Neil.

book/video

I believe that the video Autism: the Musical helped me to understand Christopher more because we were actually able to see someone with Autism as opposed to reading about Autism. In the book there are accounts of Christopher’s behavior and actions by himself and those close to him and that helps but it’s only a piece of fully understanding Autism. In the video, we have the opportunity to see children with Autism and see how they act naturally, not with someone telling us how they act. I like that in the book we are able to get Christopher’s perspective and how he thinks how he does and why he thinks the way he does. This helps us to understand Christopher more so than the disease itself but the disease plays into that as well. In the video, we see children with Autism and we see how that affects them personally with school, friends, and family. The video bridges the gap of not being able to see Christopher in the way that we were able to see Autistic children and we were able to see what kind of ticks they had in the video and we can apply that to the book. The one thing that limits us from fully understanding Christopher is that we cannot see him; the one thing I noticed is that every Autistic kid has a different tick to him or her and we cannot SEE Christopher’s. Even though we are not able to see Christopher personally, seeing a video with Autistic children helped to better understand Christopher and his struggles and successes.

Autism: The Musical

The movie "Autism:the musical" really teach more about the people who have autism look like.Also what they are.The movie is like Christopher storie and how he lives.There are many character that are like Chirstopher and the way he act.For one example is lexi.She is young lady that like to sing but she afraid of a lot people.When she sees other people she put her head down.Christopher is like to.He is a kid that dont like to hang with a bunch of people .He always like to be alone in his own world.Another example for Lexi is that she only have her mother,The Dad left her and the mother because he could not stay with a person that have autis.Christopher have only his father to take care of him and nobody else.His mom use to be here for him but she could not be patient with how Christopher was acting.The father was patient with him and take care of him so the mother had to leave and thought they did not need her so he have only his father.The last eample is Henry,a kid that is always smart and he is good at Dinosaurs.He can name all of the Dinosaurs and what they are and also how they sound.He also talk like a adult that is scientist and telling the people what he knows about Dinosaurs.Chirstopher is also like that. He can cound prime number up to 7,057.He is also good at other stuff that he put his mind to. He like to slove hard mysteries.Also he can name the countries and there capitals.So i would say that most Aurism kid are like the same.And after watching the movie now i know how Autism kid are.

Autism: The Musical

After watching "Autism: The Musical", I understood Christopher from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- Time a lot better. While I was watching the movie I started to realize how kids with Autism live an everyday life and that Autism can be severe or mild. Lexi, Henry and Wyatt reminded me of Christopher and how he acts on a regular basis.

The first thing that reminded me of Christopher was when Lexi began to shut down when she would go into a crowd of people, such as a playground. Lexi would start to ignore her mom when she would call her name if she was in a crowd of people. This situation is similar to when Christopher went into a store with his mom and he crouched down on the floor and went into his "own world". Going into his "own world" reminds me of Henry from the movie. Henry and Christopher are both very intelligent when it comes to remembering facts but they also both tend to shut down and go into they're own worlds. When they go into their own worlds they shut everyone out and keep to themselves. They both will listen to you but they will ignore you and not talk to you as well. These two children remind me of Christopher in a few ways but one character from the movie was extremely important to me, that was Wyatt.

In the book Christopher was all about getting an A in his "maths" classes and believes he is smart and can be in a higher level math. As for Wyatt, he believes he is smart enough to the point where he can be in a mainstream class. Also, Wyatt does not like loud noises and seems to care about others. When I noticed Wyatt cared, it reminded me of when Christopher cared about the dog and who killed him. He didn't believe it was fair that someone killed him and this is very similar to Wyatt.

After watching the movie I feel a lot more educated on Autism. I understand the levels of Autism and how serious it can be. The movie also shows that even with Autism kids can do so many things and this helps me see life from Christopher's point of view a lot more better than before I watched the movie.

Autism the Musical

After watching the film, Autism: The Musical it really helped me understand the disease, and the way kids that have it react to different things. One main thing I learned after watching this video is that people with Autism just think differently, than people without the disease. People with autism use their brains differently than people that do not have the disease. This does not mean that they are less smart or can't use their minds in the same way as normal people, but it simply means they process things differently than other people. In some cases, people with autism can actually be extremely smart. This movie really helped me to understand the character Christopher in the book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Christopher is actually very smart, and knows many different things such as all the prime numbers up to seven thousand and something. Even I don't know that and I'm in college and Christopher is only fifteen years old. In the movie, Henry is also a very smart kid for his age especially when it comes to prehistoric animals. During the movie, they showed him in a museum rambling off all these facts about all these different animals. I though this was amazing for a child his age. Many autistic kids, also have many specific talents that they are extremely good at. In Christopher's case, he was very good at math. He could do math problems easily in his head that were very complex. In the movie, Lexi and Adam were very talented in the music field. Lexi was an amazing singer who had a great voice, and Adam could play the cello extremely well for a seven year old. When I heard the two, I was in awe. They very both so good at what they did. After watching this video, it really helped me to fully understand people with Autism. They aren't always necessarily dumb they are usually extremely smart, and can use their minds in ways people without the disease ever could. I thought it was great what Elaine did for the children, and I really think that it helped each and every kid become a better person in their own way. I'm sure it also helped their families in a number of ways as well.

Autism: The Musical

The film "Autism: The Musical" gave great insight on how Christopher deals with his life on a day to day basis. Personally I feel that Christopher and Wyatt had the most in common. Wyatt and Christopher seemed to have some similar characteristics. In the movie Wyatt seemed to be one of the more intelligent children in the film. In the novel Chris is very good at "maths" and is trying to get out special needs classes as is Wyatt. There were other characters that reminded me of Christopher such as Lexi. Lexi was rather quiet and didn't speak unless being spoken to. This reminded me of when Chris didn't want to go into his neighbors house because he did not know her well enough. While watching the film I noticed that Henry was very random. This reminded me a lot of Christopher because it seems like every other chapter in the novel there is a random story or reasoning he has for doing something.

Overall the movie helped me understand Chris and autism a little more. Before the film I felt that autistic children were good at looking at things logically but lacked some of the emotional capabilities. After watching film I learned why Chris never wanted to be hugged,autistic children don't like being touched,and why he felt confused and upset as to why is father would lie to him. Christopher views things in black or white and right and wrong. Watching children like Chris made it easier to understand what Christopher thinks about and the actions he does as I read the novel.

It seems like you hear more cases of autism more and more theses days. In both the book with Christopher and the movie the kids with autism do great things even know people put limitations on them. In the movie some of the kids were not as hi functioning as the others. Christopher seems like he is really hi functioning tho. Christopher seems pretty normal more then most of the kids in the movie. I think that Wyatt from the movie would be the one to compare to Christopher. He seems pretty hi functioning just like Christopher but Wyatt doesn't seem like, he brakes down like Christopher does. I would say Neal is like Christopher when Christopher shuts down like, when Christopher is out in public and he is unconformable. But Neal seems like he can't communicate like Christopher. Neal could hardly communicate. Christopher can when he is in a conformable situation. Adam seems like he could be a lot like Christopher too. He goes to a normal school which means he is pretty smart for an atisk kid, just like Christopher even know Christopher is not in a normal school. Christopher's parents don't seem like there as good as the other parents in the movie. The movie the parents are more caring for there kids. With Christopher he has a Dad that lies and hits him to. His Mom who left in part because she can't handle him. In the movie the kids learn to work togeather and Christopher doesn't really work with anybody. He doesn't trust people but in the movie the kids have to trust eachother.

Film Blog Post

There are many kids who have autism like christopher. Some have a bad case of it and some do not, but in this musical it showed me that even kids with autism can do big things. The film helps me understand the character of christopher in a couple ways. First of all I only new autism in one way, and that's the way christopher. It affected him in a different way, it made him ask a lot of questions and be detective like. But as I watched the musical I found out that autism affects kids in different ways. Like for example Wyatt, who's autism seems like it's really affecting his life. He has a hard time making friends and is always talking about how he gets bullied. And he rants about how bullies get meaner the older they get, and he somehow thinks that everyone picks on him. But he resembles like christopher in a way because when he's describing his problems, he sounds a lot like an adult. But if we look at somebody else like Henry for example we see that autism has a higher function in some kids. Christopher and henry both have a higer version of autism called Asperger Syndrome, which enables some autism kids to know a lot about one subject. Like for example Henry knows alot about dinosaurs and prehistoric animals and reptiles, and he can talk about them for days like a real expert, and christopher can talk about detective work and investigating like a real expert. So in a way the musical helped me see what other people with autism are capable of. And their capable of a lot from singing to a vast knowledge of animals but the enviroment their in also has big impact. So in some ways autism is a gift like knowing a lot about one subject and in some ways it's not because it can make you an outcast, and for christopher it's both because it caused him troubule by investigating stuff but also helped him have to knowledge to ask full questions and get in to a university.

Christopher Has a Mild Case of Autism

The movie "Autism: The Musical" shows that autism can be mild or severe or in between and helps me conclude that Christopher in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has a mild case of autism. The child in the movie with the worst autism is Neal. He doesn't seem to have any special talent and doesn't act like he will be able to be independent when he becomes an adult. The child in the movie with mildest case of autism is Wyatt. He talks a lot like an adult when he describes how he is bullied. Christopher is most like Henry because they know a lot about one subject, math for Christopher and dinosaurs and reptiles for Henry. Also, Christopher and Henry do not like to look people in the eye. They are also alike because they don’t like crowds. Henry talks about not liking his father’s shows and Christopher gets very nervous in the subway when lots of people are there. In addition, both boys are said to have Asperger Syndrome, a higher functional form of autism. Each of the children in the movie is an individual and different from the others, but Henry is most like Christopher.
Although Christopher is most like Henry, Christopher’s parents are quite different from those of Henry. Lexi’s parents seem most like Christopher’s parents. They are not good parents for a child with a mental disability because they are not strong, loving, close to one another, understanding or patient. Lexi’s parents divorced and the mother was depressed a lot. Christopher’s mother left home to marry a neighbor and his father frequently lost his temper, hid the letters from Christopher’s mother to her son, and lied to him about his mother. It is important for parents of an autistic child to be together and very understanding or else everyone will be unhappy.
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