FameCrawler : special needs

Colin Farrell Says Son Saved His Life

Josh loposer — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:31:00 GMT

Colin Farrell's wrap sheet is just about as long and filled with embarrassing details as any hard-partying, hedonistic Hollywood star around. But the new Colin Farrell is done with all of that, and he says his son was one of the biggest reasons he's around today.

“I don’t know if I would be here if I hadn’t had him…He was a huge part of me going in and making certain changes in my life.” He reflects back on the years he spent drinking, doing drugs and bed-hopping with a simple admission: “I had a blast of a time. I went over to Los Angeles and it was handed to me on a plate, parties in the Playboy mansion and this and that and the other."

“The negative aspect to all this good fortune was loneliness. I never figured it out… I just had a broken heart and was profoundly sad. I had all these wonderful things in my life and yet I found myself at this point.”

It's good to see Colin doing better and being there for his son James, who has a really rare genetic disorder called Angelman Syndrome. Carrying on a successful acting career while taking care of children has got to be a challenge, and with a special need child, you have to work that much harder.

Also, I though he was totally hilarious and likeable in his recent dark comedy In Bruges... a totally underrated film in my opinion.

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Denis Leary: Autism Means Your Kid Is Stupid and Lazy

Sassy Smith — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:10:00 GMT

Comedian (I say that term loosely) Denis Leary has written a new book titled Why We Suck: A Feel-Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid. Sounds like a good read. I'm sure he's going to get some fan mail because of it, and by fan mail, I mean hate mail. Why? In his book, he says that children diagnosed with autism, are in fact not autistic - it actually means they're stupid and/or lazy. Oh boy.

This is what Leary wrote:

"There is a huge boom in autism right now because inattentive mothers and competitive dads want an explanation for why their dumb-ass kids can't compete academically, so they throw money into the happy laps of shrinks.... to get back diagnoses that help explain away the deficiencies of their junior morons. I don't give a [bleep] what these crackerjack whack jobs tell you - yer kid is NOT autistic. He's just stupid. Or lazy. Or both."

The Autism Society of America wrote in response:

"For Mr. Leary to suggest that families or doctors conspire to falsely diagnose autism is ridiculous... [His] remarks reflect the same misconceptions of autism being caused by bad or unemotional parenting that were held over 50 years ago."

You know, it takes a lot to offend me. I can take harsh humor, black comedy, and sarcasm with the best of them, but I'm sorry, is that snippet from his book, supposed to be funny? Is that the best he can come up with? That's witty?

As a mother of a special needs child (who, without going into a ten page explanation of his diagnosis, does display characteristics associated with the autism spectrum), I find Denis Leary's comments offensive. I'm not an inattentive, bad mother who shoved her kid at a shrink because I thought he was too stupid to join in with the other children, or whatever the hell it is Leary's trying to say. It's narrow-minded individuals such as Leary who make it hard for us parents of children with special challenges to get the help we need sometimes, and to make others realize, that what we live is real and not something we caused by being "inattentive," or "competitve."

I'm sure Mr. Leary's book will be a big seller, seeing as the 51-year-old is about as relevant as his washed-up comedy is.

Bite me Denis Leary.

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Palin Kids: Piper and Trig Video

Whit Honea — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:34:00 GMT

Finally, a Sarah Palin moment that we can put our full support behind! Seven-year-old Piper was holding her little brother (nephew?)Trig during her mother's speech at the Republican National Convention when she gave him some rural grooming. It was pretty cute. I still slick my kids up like that, although I tend to use less spit and more vodka.

The video is below:

The original Palin post

Sarah Palin Acceptance Speech

Diddy on Palin (NSFW)

Vetting Sarah Palin

Baby Daddy Levi Johnston

Palin trouble- Photos

Bristol and Jamie Lynn

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Whose Boobs Are These?

trix — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:01:00 GMT

Which marketing machine do these belong to? The proud owner of this rack is Katie Price aka Jordon.

Jordon was out with friends and her sister, who looks just like her, at Nobu.

She must have left Peter Andre at home with the kids. Is that a scar I see?

All I can see is teeth, legs and boobs, they look exactly the same.

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