I want to talk about Pablo.
Pablo is a childrens show with autistic characters, and an autistic cast. I love Pablo, it's a really good show in my opinion, and I really relate to a few of the characters.
However, I do have a few issues with it. The main one being that Pablo is nonspeaking, but in his imagination, in his ideal world that he's made, he isn't. This really bothers me because it portrays being nonspeaking as being a less good scenario than being speaking, and it isn't. There is no better way to communicate, oral speech isnt superior.
The other is that llama (who is actually my favorite character) is fully nonspeaking besides echolalia, but her voice actor isn't. Llamas voice actor is fully speaking (the last time I checked anyway. Its sort of hard to find information.) and whilst I am super glad all the actors are autistic, I do wish they at least used a semispeaking or a nonspeaking echolalia using person.
Now I want to talk about the good parts, because as I said I do really like this show.
All the actors are autistics, and that is FANTASTIC. I am super tired of us being represented by allisitics, so that was super nice to see.
It has representation of tons of different types of autistics, and shows us as unique people (or in this case animals ^^ ) rather than emotionless copies of eachother.
And finally, it made me feel like I was being represented. It made me feel seen. I related to multiple characters in multiple ways and that was so so nice to finally see someone like me.
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don't you love when you're like, okay now I'm going to leave this sorrow in the old year so I don't turn into a crotchety bitter person over it, and then you walk on feeling all refreshed and bright no longer carrying it on your shoulders, but then the sorrow wanders after you like a child who was lost in the supermarket weeping its eyes out and it says to you where did you GO I was lost! I was lost and I missed you!!! and you can only sigh and take it by its hand and say to it very well. here's your seat. I'm sorry I left you behind, I promise it was with the best of intentions, but I want to do my best by you, so let's sit together and try to figure out what you're saying to me.
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your own little golden prison cell // gold cage hostage to my feelings // my town was a wasteland, full of cages, full of fences … but for some it was paradise // in the darkest little paradise // I prefer hiding in plain sight // I know places we could hide // I know places we won’t be found // showed you all of my hiding spots // and I am hiding in the curtains // you two are dancing in a snow globe, 'round and 'round // picture of your face in an invisible locket // the skeletons in both our closets plotted hard to fuck this up // you won’t have to cry or hide in the closet // they got the cages, they got the boxes and guns // windows boarded up after the storm // so I peered through a window // I drew curtains closed // I look through the windows of this love // they told me all of my cages were mental so I got wasted like all my potential // all I need is on the other side of the door // we twist in our self-made cages and pray that we aren't right this minute about to make some fateful life-altering mistake // are we out of the woods? are we in the clear yet? // it was the great escape, the prison break, the light of freedom on my face // you’ve come a long way, open the blinds let me see your face // windows flung wide open // step into the daylight and let it go
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