Autism: a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by great difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts.
i watched rain man today. awesome awesome show. dustin hoffman and tom cruise. got 8.0 on imdb. not a kind of show that my bro will like tho i think. jie won't too prob. mum might haha. dustin hoffman plays as tom cruise's autistic brother, and it's about how tom cruise comes to terms with his newfound brother, who inherited ALL of the recently deceased father's $3mil.
i read another book abt an autistic kid: the mystery of the dog in night time. it was written in the pov of that kid so it's quite an insightful and original outlook.
there's smth just so altruistic and so selfless abt the love in these 2 scenarios. cos it's completely thankless. the autistic person cannot feel it, cannot understand it, cannot appreciate it. and he definitely can't reciprocate it. and yet that love exists. deep and profound, mysterious and wonderful.
the iconic scenes are when the father hugs the kid and he starts to scream; tom cruise hugs dustin hoffman and he starts to hit his own head. they apologize immediately after of course. they apologize profusely and fervently for having forgotten that their autistic loved ones hate to be touched; for being unable to resist expressing their love; for loving them so much but being unable, in any way possible, to let them realize that. they apologize for loving.
what pain. to love someone so deeply and not be loved in return. but more than that, to have that person oblivious and incapable of any knowledge and understanding of that love.
i wonder then which brother is more fortunate. i wonder if we had a choice, whether we would choose to be the father or the kid.
Name: Foo Guo Zhong Melvyn
Age: 19+
Affiliations: MSHS (Pri), Rosyth, RI, RJC, SFX (LoG)
Bday: 14th Nov
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Autism: a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by great difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts.
i watched rain man today. awesome awesome show. dustin hoffman and tom cruise. got 8.0 on imdb. not a kind of show that my bro will like tho i think. jie won't too prob. mum might haha. dustin hoffman plays as tom cruise's autistic brother, and it's about how tom cruise comes to terms with his newfound brother, who inherited ALL of the recently deceased father's $3mil.
i read another book abt an autistic kid: the mystery of the dog in night time. it was written in the pov of that kid so it's quite an insightful and original outlook.
there's smth just so altruistic and so selfless abt the love in these 2 scenarios. cos it's completely thankless. the autistic person cannot feel it, cannot understand it, cannot appreciate it. and he definitely can't reciprocate it. and yet that love exists. deep and profound, mysterious and wonderful.
the iconic scenes are when the father hugs the kid and he starts to scream; tom cruise hugs dustin hoffman and he starts to hit his own head. they apologize immediately after of course. they apologize profusely and fervently for having forgotten that their autistic loved ones hate to be touched; for being unable to resist expressing their love; for loving them so much but being unable, in any way possible, to let them realize that. they apologize for loving.
what pain. to love someone so deeply and not be loved in return. but more than that, to have that person oblivious and incapable of any knowledge and understanding of that love.
i wonder then which brother is more fortunate. i wonder if we had a choice, whether we would choose to be the father or the kid.