Movies!🎉
What popular movie made in 1994 has a main character with both a mental and physical disability? (Hint: Nix hates this movie a lot)
Forrest Gump
Which U.S. president was in a wheelchair?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which popular T.V. show has a main character who was a son with Cerebral Palsy?
Breaking Bad (Walt Jr.)
Who (neurotypical white woman) made a god awful movie with the most terrible acting and writing. Also with horrible outdated practices used(don't tackle autistic people please:( ) and disgusting stereotypes.
Sia
True or False, people think Helen Keller faked being deaf and blind?
True!🎉
What movie do we hate(that everyone else should also hate) that Sia made with a character that's "autistic"?
Music👎👎👎
When did wheelchair ramps start regularly appearing?
1990
Which character from South Park uses crutches?
Jimmy Valmer
What president wanted to cure disabled people?
JFK
True or False, getting a vaccine will give you autism
FALSE!!!!
What newer, popular thriller movie features a main deaf character and a family who regularly uses ASL?
A Quiet Place
What year was Autism Speaks founded?
2005
True or False, there's an autistic Teenager Mutant Ninja Turtle?
True(Donatello in the Rise of TMNT series)
What billionaire wants to put computer chips in disabled people to "cure" them?
Elon Musk
True or False, guys are more likely to be red-green colorblind than women?
True
What movie features a main character with memory loss who is pursued by a man?
50 First Dates
What famous scientist was most likely autistic?
Albert Einstein
In what year did Sesame Street introduce their first disabled character? (Hint: We talked about this in a past presentation)
1976
What popular singer from the early 2000s donated to Autism Speaks?
Lady Gaga
True or False, Beethoven was 27 when he began to lose his hearing?
False
What recent stop-motion comedy/horror film has a main character in a wheelchair?
Wendell and Wild
The first person diagnosed with autism is still alive, how old is he?
89
What character from My Little Pony has Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3?
Stellar Eclipse
William T. Giles is on the board of Autism Speaks, what company was he the former EVP and CEO of?
AutoZone
True or False, Nix thought they were a robot when they were a kid because of the not so great representation in media?
TRUE🤖