#finding sam

Rain Man: Charlie is the “sympathetic” POV, Raymond has almost zero agency, even though the conflict of the movie is all about him.

Curious Incident: Even though Christopher is the protagonist, we clearly aren’t meant to sympathize with him more than his “poor” parents who claim that their autistic son “destroyed their marriage”.

Atypical: While arguably better about this than other shows, Atypical still gives Doug and Elsa far more sympathy than they actually deserve. And the show still tends to slip up and focus around Sam making the life of his family “harder” simply for existing.

Finding S.A.M.: The book was thankfully pulled, but the point still stands. Braden is a complete blank slate, his bratty younger brother Zach is the viewpoint character and he makes it no secret that he either: A. despises Braden, or B. wishes that he was “normal”.

Music: Are we seriously supposed to like Zu? If Music had any braincell in her fake-autistic head, she would probably beg to be taken away from her and Ebo.

All good guesses, but still not hitting the mark! These two are going to be two of the hardest to guess; luckily you’ve got plenty of time, considering how long the horror story will be posting!

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I know it's hard, I know that you feel like we haven't accomplished anything. But look at this:

Just last year, we prevented a "neurotypical narrative" book from making it to our shelves, said book could've corrupted middle schoolers into thinking that autistic people are nothing but useless burdens for their families.

We did the unthinkable and managed to make enough noise to draw the right amount of attention towards an ableist movie made by a narcissistic and selfish pop singer. Said movie didn't even get 10% of its box office back, was thrashed from all sides and won 3/4 Razzies.

We celebrated too early.

The thing about Jacob is he always seems to have a Grab First reaction. Wee kiddo Jacob is not that different, though luckily for little Sam he’s not a rough child by nature. In fact he’s much more likely to hug than to be mean. He doesn’t like to see people upset, and hugs are a good solution, right?

His parents just want to take care of their kid. They don’t have any expectations of a very tiny kiddo showing up in their room, but they’re both nice people. Even if Nicholas Andris is HUGE, Sam doesn’t need to be scared of him.

Of course, poor Sam won’t know any of this when he first encounters them!

Jacob paused, noticing the tiny voice at the edge of hearing. He couldn’t tell if his papa heard it too, but he was still looking at him expectantly. Behind him, Jacob could see his mama leaning to watch curiously. He pursed his lips and clutched his toy trucks closer while he rapidly processed the situation to determine if they suspected something.

“Uh uh,” he said, squirming away from his Dad’s hand to walk hurriedly around the second bed. “I’m only playing trucks today, see?” He held up the trucks to display them even as he sidled into the narrow space between the bed and the wall.

His mama raised an eyebrow at him. “Jacob, are you telling the truth? You know you’re not supposed to lie.”

“I am! I’m just playing trucks!” he insisted.

His father stood up with a quiet creak of his joints as they hoisted all of his huge body up. His mama stood again and walked around her tall husband to stand at the foot of the second bed and look appraisingly at Jacob and his pocket.

“Jacob,” his papa said gently. “Did I hear something? Do you have a mouse trapped in your pocket?” His deep voice was kind, patient with the boy, but also stern.

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