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Fictional Characters On The Autism Spectrum
This is a list of fictional characters that have been explicitly described within the work in which they appear, or otherwise by the author, as being on the autism spectrum. It is not intended to include speculation. Autistic people involved in the work may be mentioned in footnotes. Comics Film Literature Television Theater Video games Other See also * Autism spectrum disorders in the media * List of films about autism * Autism and LGBT identities * List of fictional characters with disabilities Notes References {{Autism resources Autism The autism spectrum, often referred to as just autism or in the context of a professional diagnosis autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), is a neurodevelopmental condition (or conditions) characterized by difficulti ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Character (arts)
In fiction, a character (or speaker, in poetry) is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game). The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person, in which case the distinction of a "fictional" versus "real" character may be made. Derived from the Ancient Greek word , the English word dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in '' Tom Jones'' by Henry Fielding in 1749. From this, the sense of "a part played by an actor" developed.Harrison (1998, 51-2) quotation: (Before this development, the term ''dramatis personae'', naturalized in English from Latin and meaning "masks of the drama," encapsulated the notion of characters from the literal aspect of masks.) Character, particularly when enacted by an actor in the theatre or cinema, involves "the illusion of being a human person". In literature, characters guide readers through their stories, helpi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeph Jacques
Jeffrey Paul "Jeph" Jacques ( ) (born June 17, 1980) is an American cartoonist who writes and draws the webcomics '' Questionable Content'', '' Alice Grove'', and ''DORD'' (and formerly "Indietits"). Personal life Jacques was born in Rockville, Maryland, and was later adopted. He has a younger brother named Justin. Jacques lived near Northampton, Massachusetts, where ''Questionable Content'' is set; in 2015, he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Jacques graduated from Hampshire College with a degree in music. He was married to his business manager Cristi until their amicable separation in 2014. In 2017, Jacques travelled to France and got married. ''Questionable Content'' '' Questionable Content'' (QC) is a comedic slice-of-life webcomic that Jacques started on August 1, 2003. It was initially published two days a week, and then moved up to three updates a week when Jacques published strip #16. On September 4, 2004, Jacques lost his day job, and decided to try publishing QC e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boy Who Could Fly
''The Boy Who Could Fly'' is a 1986 American fantasy drama film written and directed by Nick Castle. It was produced by Lorimar Productions for 20th Century Fox, and released theatrically on August 15, 1986. The film stars Lucy Deakins as 14-year-old Milly Michaelson, Jay Underwood as Eric Gibb, a boy with autism, Bonnie Bedelia as Milly's mother, Fred Savage as Milly's little brother, Colleen Dewhurst as a teacher, Fred Gwynne as Eric's uncle, Janet MacLachlan, and Mindy Cohn. After the suicide of her terminally ill father, Milly becomes friends with Eric, who lost both of his parents to a plane crash. Together, Eric and Milly find ways to cope with the loss and the pain as they escape to faraway places. Plot Fourteen-year-old Amelia "Milly" Michaelson (Deakins) and her family move into a new suburban home shortly after the death of her father. Milly makes friends with her new neighbor Geneva, and Milly and her eight-year-old brother Louis (Savage), a budding military buff, ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Underwood
Jay Underwood (born October 1, 1968) is an American actor and pastor. Beginning a prolific career as a teen actor in the mid-1980s, he is perhaps best known for his starring feature film roles; portraying Eric Gibb in ''The Boy Who Could Fly'', Chip Carson in '' Not Quite Human'', Grover Dunn in '' The Invisible Kid'', Sonny Bono in ''The Sonny and Cher Story'', and Bug in ''Uncle Buck''. He also portrayed the Human Torch in the 1994 unreleased film ''Fantastic Four''. Career In 2001, Underwood was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for his role in ''The Boy Who Could Fly''. Recently, Underwood appeared in the feature film '' No Greater Love'', released in 2010. Underwood worked for Calvary Bible Church in Burbank, California as junior high pastor from August 2005 to June 2007 while attending The Master's Seminary, and was the full-time pastor of First Baptist Church of Weaverville, California from 2007 to 2020. As o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario (1984 Film)
''Mario'' is a 1984 Quebec drama film, set in the Magdalen Islands, directed by Jean Beaudin and produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Plot Mario (Petermann) is a 10-year-old autistic boy who is mute and hard of hearing. He has an 18-year-old brother whom he admires greatly. One day, Simon (Reddy) becomes involved with a woman and, as a result, their relationship becomes strained. Mario finds himself without his brother and his parents who are always watching over their island during the tourist season. Production The film, based on Claude Jasmin's ''La Sablière'', went overbudget. Recognition * 1985 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - Won (Pierre Mignot) * 1985 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Won (Bruce Nyznik, Richard Besse, Hans Peter Strobl) * 1985 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score - Won ( François Dompierre) * 1985 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Nominated (Denis B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier Petermann
Xavier Norman Petermann is a Canadian former child actor from Quebec,"'Big brother' still watching, even after film is finished". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 13, 1985. who garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards for his performance as an autistic child in the film ''Mario''."Bay Boy reels in 11 Genie nominations". ''The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...'', February 15, 1985. The film was his first-ever acting role. Petermann continued to act in Quebec films and television series until the early 1990s. He has since worked as a musician and as a multimedia and video game developer. References External links * Canadian male child actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian vid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Run Wild, Run Free
''Run Wild, Run Free'' is a 1969 British drama film directed by Richard C. Sarafian and starring John Mills. The film was written by David Rook, based on his novel ''The White Colt'', and shot on location in Dartmoor, Devon, England. The film features a psychosomatically mute English boy (Lester), who sights a wild, white pony on the Dartmoor moors and sets out to tame him. He is supported by an old moorman (Mills) and a neighboring farm girl, Fiona Fullerton. Much of the film is devoted to him searching for the pony and his family searching for him across the beautiful, foggy moors. Cast * John Mills as The Moorman * Gordon Jackson as Mr. Ransome * Sylvia Syms as Mrs. Ransome * Mark Lester as Phillip Ransome * Bernard Miles as Reg * Fiona Fullerton as Diana Reception A. H. Weiler of ''The New York Times'' wrote: "If it is not a milestone in its genre, its cloying quotient is decidedly low. As a dissection of the rapport between two youngsters and a couple of wild animal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Lester
Mark Lester (born Mark A. Letzer; 11 July 1958) is an English former child actor, osteopath, and acupuncturist who starred in a number of British and European films in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1968 he played the title role in the film ''Oliver!'', a musical version of the Charles Dickens' novel ''Oliver Twist''. Lester also made several appearances in a number of British television series. In 1977, after appearing in the all-star international action adventure film ''The Prince and the Pauper'', he retired from acting. In the 1980s, he trained as an osteopath specialising in sport injuries. Early life Mark Lester was born in the city of Oxford to actress Rita Keene Lester and actor and producer Michael Lester (originally Michael Boris Letzer). His father is Jewish and his mother Anglican. Lester was educated at three independent schools: at Corona Theatre School in Ravenscourt Park in West London, followed by Tower House School, a boys' preparatory school near Richmond Park ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh Press
''The Pittsburgh Press'' (formerly ''The Pittsburg Press'' and originally ''The Evening Penny Press'') was a major afternoon daily newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1884 to 1992. At one time, the ''Press'' was the second largest newspaper in Pennsylvania, behind only ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. For four years starting in 2011, the brand was revived and applied to an afternoon online edition of the ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. Early history The history of the ''Press'' traces back to an effort by Thomas J. Keenan Jr. to buy ''The Pittsburg Times'' newspaper, at which he was employed as city editor. Joining Keenan in his endeavor were reporter John S. Ritenour of the Pittsburgh ''Post'', Charles W. Houston of the city clerk's office, and U.S. Representative Thomas M. Bayne. After examining the ''Times'' and finding it in a poor state, the group changed course and decided to start a new penny paper in hopes that it would flourish in a local market full of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Change Of Habit
''Change of Habit'' is a 1969 American crime drama musical film directed by William A. Graham and starring Elvis Presley and Mary Tyler Moore. Written by James Lee, S.S. Schweitzer, and Eric Bercovici, based on a story by John Joseph and Richard Morris, the film is about three Catholic nuns, preparing for their final vows, who are sent to a rough inner city neighborhood dressed as lay missionaries to work at a clinic run by a young doctor. Their lives become complicated by the realities they face in the inner city, and by the doctor who falls in love with one of the nuns. The film was produced by Joe Connelly for NBC Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. Filmed on location in the Los Angeles area and at the Universal Studios during March and April 1969, ''Change of Habit'' was released in the United States on November 10, 1969. It spent four weeks on the ''Variety'' Box Office Survey, peaking at #17. ''Change of Habit'' was Presley's 31st and final film acting rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wexford People
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The ''Wexford People'' is a local or regional newspaper published weekly every Tuesday in County Wexford, Ireland. The newspaper contains stories relating primarily to the town of Wexford and its surrounding area, as well as stories relating to County Wexford. Independent News & Media Newspapers published in the Republic of Ireland Mass media in County Wexford Weekly newspapers published in Ireland People A person (plural, : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Comics
Archie Comic Publications, Inc., is an American comic book publisher headquartered in Pelham, New York.Archie Comics leaves Mamaroneck for Pelham " John Golden. May 28, 2015. Westfair Communications. Retrieved on October 20, 2015. The company's many titles feature the fictional , , |
