Oh yeah. The trope of shows portraying autistic people as savants with superpowers is hilarious to me, because every autistic person is just like “this is ridiculously not what it’s like to be autistic” and they’re always written by the most ignorant non-autistic people ever.
Atypical. While the protagonist’s actor isn’t autistic and the first season was criticised for a lack of autistic actors, the latter seasons did include autistic actors. Generally I think it did a decent portrayal of someone with ASD (which can be hard given the wide breadth of how neurodivergent people present).
Okay, I am not autistic so take my opinion with a grain of salt. I think the protagonist of Atypical is a good example. I have heard autistic people say Drax from Guardians of the Galaxy. I have also heard them say Sonic The Hedgehog, but that may stem from hyper fixation with certain media or hobbies. I wanna say Forrest Gump but I haven’t seen that movie in a long time and I feel like there could be some problematic things in there I’m not remembering.
Big Bang Theory has no autistic characters, despite Jim Parsons’ stereotypical portrayal. He’s written that way to make fun of people with ASD, but with plausible deniability.
Also, I love the people on Love on the Spectrum, but despise the editing. The cutesy music feeds into an infantilization that the edit then reinforces.
Based on a Korean show, it’s called The Good Doctor.
Oh yeah. The trope of shows portraying autistic people as savants with superpowers is hilarious to me, because every autistic person is just like “this is ridiculously not what it’s like to be autistic” and they’re always written by the most ignorant non-autistic people ever.
Shhhh don’t tell them we aren’t all super savants bro. Let us have our moment.
can you name a tv program with a good authistic protagonist? I just want to compare
Anything Star Trek. While a lot of these characters are not written to be autistic, they fucking are.
It always seemed obvious to me this show is written by people on the spectrum.
xddd
Atypical. While the protagonist’s actor isn’t autistic and the first season was criticised for a lack of autistic actors, the latter seasons did include autistic actors. Generally I think it did a decent portrayal of someone with ASD (which can be hard given the wide breadth of how neurodivergent people present).
Abed from Community
My kids enjoy Carl the Collector on PBS. Seems like a pretty authentic portrayal based on my (albeit limited) experience.
Okay, I am not autistic so take my opinion with a grain of salt. I think the protagonist of Atypical is a good example. I have heard autistic people say Drax from Guardians of the Galaxy. I have also heard them say Sonic The Hedgehog, but that may stem from hyper fixation with certain media or hobbies. I wanna say Forrest Gump but I haven’t seen that movie in a long time and I feel like there could be some problematic things in there I’m not remembering.
As We See It. The three main characters are played by actors on the spectrum. It’s really good
Oh! Also, I love Extraordinary Attorney Woo Young Woo, though it is a Idiot Savant trope, it’s just so good.
Movies, The Accountant. It’s just so good and avoids the savant trope.
I love Woo Young Woo, even with the Savant trope. She has some really relatable traits and the series feels so wholesome.
Big bang theory? Love on the Spectrum, I would say Mr Robot, but that goes way beyond ASD
Big Bang Theory has no autistic characters, despite Jim Parsons’ stereotypical portrayal. He’s written that way to make fun of people with ASD, but with plausible deniability.
Also, I love the people on Love on the Spectrum, but despise the editing. The cutesy music feeds into an infantilization that the edit then reinforces.