
Asperger Syndrome Support Group
Asperger syndrome - also referred to as Asperger's syndrome, Asperger's, Aspergers or just AS - is one of five neurobiological pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), and is characterized by deficiencies in social and communication skills, normal to above normal intelligence, and standard language development.

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How do y'all (that's Texas talk) feel about this new TV show?
I find the characters lovable. An adult friend of mine with AS feels that the show is simply an opportunity for Neurotypicals (NT's) to laugh at people with Asperger's and others who are "different" in some way.
Which way do you feel about it?
I find the characters lovable. An adult friend of mine with AS feels that the show is simply an opportunity for Neurotypicals (NT's) to laugh at people with Asperger's and others who are "different" in some way.
Which way do you feel about it?
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Good thought it was just me.
I don't see it as people laughing at 'us.'
in my home we all have quite the sense of laughing at ourselves humor anyway so our home is in that way a situation comedy.
I don't like shedding light on 'us' so to speak. So in that sense i don't care for all the attention 'we' are getting these days. Its as if tv execs' are saying, jump on the aspergers hot track while this is hot guys and write eccentric humor. Its big right now. BUT the alternative is the cure-mongers shouting : There is an epidemic!!!
So I prefer to see 'us' portrayed on the sitcom ...I mean its meant for fun, it IS a sitcom and I don't like the nerd word, never did. I do like happen to personally know people like those characters. I don't make fun of them at all- in fact I'm endeared to them. They could be me, many facets of me and people I care about on the spectrum over the last well since around 94 is when I've known about aspergers but of course dx'ed with it has "known" it all their lives.
It isn't said implicitly but there IS a writer in there who has modelled after us-I just know it and I am glad someone brought this up. I was planning on mentioning it.
K
Like, there's tv shows with Aspie characters?????
Haw! Maybe I'd better watch tv sometime.
Forncornborn.
I think it is actually great to show the issues 'non normals' have maybe others can laugh and feel bad and it might help :D
Jess