How do you feel about portrails of Autism in media? - eviltoast

Hi All. I have been watching a lot of House lately, and just started “Extrodinary Attorney Woo”. I am curious to know what you all think of their portrails of Autism. Is it pandering? Representation? Romantisation?

Also see “The Good Doctor”, “Atypical”, “Love on the spectrum” etc.

  • CameronDev@programming.devOP
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    9 months ago

    I havent watched “Love on the spectrum”, so I have no real opinions on it. Those kind of shows do tend to end up being fairly exploitative anyway, so Im not suprised that that one also is the same way. Ill watch the videos tomorrow though when i have some free time. Thanks!

    • Deestan@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I watch the series, and videos like this make me frustrated. There are discussions to be had, but sifting for faults and focusing on them to such a degree that the entire thing just look like a pure evil plot isn’t going to encourage better representation.

      The comment sections of these videos are just crab bucket hate parties.

      We should criticize yes, but also encourage and celebrate anything that tries to be better than what we had.