I'm Spazticus - Channel 4 Show on disabled comedy

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http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/100065959/im-spazticus-isnt-offensive-and-it-isnt-ground-breaking-its-just-awful/
I personally watched the show... I found it a little funny but at the same time I do feel guilty for laughing...
The show consists of various disabilities (No sign of anyone with Autism or AS if recalled correctly) and it's basically a show that not really is trying to offend those with disabilities but more to do with joking about and at times it made the norm look odd and strange.

Sounds too annoying to watch, IMO at least.

I was in two minds at the time... though oddly I didn't think it was as bad as I previously thought and believed after watching two episodes.
Not too sure about the disability love thing where a member of the public had to put 4 people into the order she found to be dating material.
Most likely was the blind, then one with cerebal palsy, then an amputee (one who lost an arm or a leg) and least likely was called a "dwarf"... I forget the actual terminology but mainly because there isn't anyone I know with the condition.

TV will eat your mind; turn it off.

A dwarf is a little person. Anyone who is usually under 4'10".

There's all sorts though...
Perpetuary dwarfism for example.

Initially, I had decided I wasn't going to watch it, as I thought it might be in bad taste. However, I ended up watching quite a bit of it. It reminded of Candid Camera/ Just For Laughs type programmes. I honestly found it quite funny. I tend towards political correctness normally and this did not make me feel uncomfortable at all. Disability was not being made fun of. The sketches were bizarre in nature, e.g. amputee hairdresser with scissor attachment as a prosthesis. The look on the customer's face was what made the sketch, because the situation he was in was so unexpected.

BTW Dwarfism is the politically correct term for the condition, in the UK anyway.