tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441989712918579133.post6690240784314350842..comments2024-01-26T03:49:33.080-05:00Comments on Rarer in Girls...My Daughter with Autism: Daryl Hannah?Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08240262747073351481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441989712918579133.post-864572750959556822013-10-02T16:43:03.622-04:002013-10-02T16:43:03.622-04:00I need to watch those! The legally blind/totally ...I need to watch those! The legally blind/totally blind analogy is great. I have been feeling guilty about this post, hoping I didn't come across as brushing off Daryl Hannah's experience and her HFA. But it's as you said---the media has HFA covered, so much so that it's what people see as BEING autism. It's very hard to educate people as to what LFA is actually like if they are going to be picturing Daryl Hannah, or (and I get this a lot more) Temple Grandin. That doesn't mean Hannah doesn't have a right to talk about her own life, but I wish that more people understood what autism is like for people on the lower end of the spectrum, and their families.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08240262747073351481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441989712918579133.post-28475114751313488342013-10-02T15:28:14.856-04:002013-10-02T15:28:14.856-04:00To me HFA is to LFA as blindness is to being legal...To me HFA is to LFA as blindness is to being legally blind. I was legally blind because I needed glasses or contacts (had lasik)to drive but I'd never say I could speak for someone who is totally blind. When it became clear my daughter was on the spectrum I've seen a lot of internet posts and Youtube videos on autism and inordinate number come from folks on the higher end of the scale. There were two instant view Netflix movies with LFA characters- "The Black Balloon" and "Fly Away". Not exactly cheery Hollywood movies due the subject matter but at least it shows how some us of live. Freeyokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526846615176172310noreply@blogger.com