Watching TV and autism- a connection?

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That big brother wasn't bullying it was conflict with 2 wrong personalities clashing they is a difference... That happens allot to anyone...


( racist bullying ), not racist even the person did not feel it and if you watch the cut out of her saying sorry to her about it that it wasn't racist it was the fact she just didn't like her...

By the way that's real tv hand picked to cause the most drama...

Thats just normal of them people to put out racist.... It was a mastake to stick Shilpa Shetty into Big Brother as if it was a gay, a white or a black it would not of been called racist... Just these people as I seen on public interview quote ( England is allot differnt to india or where ever else they come from ).

I'm not sure that TV has any causal effect on AS. With me in some ways it is almost the other way round. I watch a lot of things that I see as "escapism" so I can try and switch off from the problems I had in the day. I also watch things when people are around as an excuse not to have to interract with them.

When I was a kid, we were in the 3 channels era and no transmissions overnight or even at points during the day, so my exposure was pretty limited. I can't see that it had any impact or effect on my formative years.

I'm just going to point out that an interesting trend in modern film (mostly, TV still has yet to catch up to this trend) is the use of "actual" dialogue as opposed to scripted, perfectly placed dialogue. IE, writers are incorporating "ums","ahs", "ohs" and "what was that?" a lot more than the early days of film. I know in the screenplays I write, I write what I know, and I know awkward dialogue (people have commented that my dialogue feels so real, like these conversations have actually taken place) from being someone who is the Queen Bee of awkward conversations. I love movies that incorporate people asking someone to repeat themselves, people who misunderstand what the other character is saying, characters that have a hard time speaking, or have a hard time relating, and pauses in the dialogue that are excruciatingly long, but say way more than what the words are saying.

These are all elements of modern independent film that TV and Hollywood have yet to pick up on, but its why more and more people are into indie film, more and more people are able to relate to it.

Sorry, film is one of my true obsessions in life.

I remember most children at primary school being quite proficient at basic swearing by age 10, and then covering up their true language skills for at least another 4 years.

South Park is closer to the truth than many people choose to admit.

TV is more educational really; I would not even know half the stuff I know without a TV, unless I came across the books which would be less than likely...

How many females share they makeup with someone, U know you can literally go blind from using someone else’s makeup...

TV can cover more stuff in less time than a book can, as you got to keep picking up a new one read a bit put down move next one...

With TV it's able to switch without changing...

Also I would not know about con artists and the tricks they do, I am more aware of the strategies their use...

If anything someone watching TV will probably know allot more than someone who doesn’t…

I know how to trick people into buying beers as use a geometry trick on them or a coin one…

I know so much stuff that if I wasn’t in front of a TV I would never have knew, I am a practical learner, I need to read a book more than once sometimes

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Its our pathways that is the problem, we just don't see what normal people are lucky to have... Its like a dyslexic person you can train, but the brain part that is damage won't repair it will be using another part of your brain to help process the information
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And treatment for dyslexia damages your other abilities.

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I absolutely love tv. I never watch soaps or sitcoms but I love the documentary channel, the National Geographics channel, Law & Order, CSI, & the docs about history & rare medical conditions. I could lie & watch TV for all my waking hours if time permitted! As it stands now, with a husband 2 kids & full time university studies, I have too many other demands on my time to watch much tv.

I agree with what some people on this topic have said about TV giving people unrealistic expectations of how things happen in reality.
For a long time my parents always used to have a go at me because i based my views of reality on the simpsons. I think even now when i imagine/prepare for things that are going to happen they tend to play out in my head a lot like they would on TV, which in a lot of situations leaves me unprepared for what actually happens.

I don't watch TV and I only miss it when I have a cold or something. I like a couple of sitcoms but with most of them I don't like the look or the timing. I don't like any hospital or law dramas. I sometimes like cop shows if the guys look good. Mostly I like to watch the news or documentaries.

I can't watch television. I don't like it one bit. I used to tolerate it quite well but I quit watching for the entirety of my time at university and when I came home again I had totally lost the knack for watching it. I can't get over the fact that the people I'm seeing aren't "real".

For some reason I don't mind movies, although I tend to be most fond of movies without real physical humans in. I get on best with cartoons, and CG movies, and puppet-centric movies like Dark Crystal or Labyrinth, very likely because you're not going to see those characters being someone else tomorrow. Otherwise I tend to have a problem accepting that Sean Connery will be James Bond one day and King Arthur the next. Or that guy (forgive me I have NO sense of celebrities) who played Count Dooku in SW Episodes 2 and 3 was also Saruman, and Willy Wonka's father!! Busy life he must lead!

Television, in the sense of everyday television, news and ads, just creeps me out. It seems like it just tries to make you afraid of everything so you'll buy stuff. It teaches you to sit down shut up and accept whatever it tells you. And what it tells you is YOUR BREATH SMELLS/YOU'RE TOO FAT/TERRORISTS WILL BLOW YOU UP IF WE DON'T DECLARE WAR/BAD MEN WILL SHOOT YOU SO NEVER GO OUT AT NIGHT/NEIGHBORS ARE ENEMIES/YOU'LL BE UGLY WITHOUT THIS LOTION/YOUR KIDS WILL HATE YOU IF THEY DON'T GET THIS TOY.

I wonder if I am the only person by now who has never watched any of a single Big Brother program. Glancing at the papers this week I'm all "Who is Jade? And why are we reading about her instead of getting actual news?"

I understand the difference. I think it's because we don't understand the scripted dialogue. People with AS like to tell it like it is. If a lot of actors beat around the bush, it makes us wonder for so much longer that we often don't understand what they are trying to say. It takes us a very long time.

I think I may have learned stuff by watching how people act on the tv. It's probably not very accurate, but it's something. I think I may even act like certain characters on the tv without realizing it.

I remember I use to watch Rugrats a lot when I was little. Soon I noticed I started picking up some of their baby talk and started using it. I usually only use it around my mom. If I acted this way in public I'm sure people would think I talk like a little kid.

Likewise I noticed after playing The Sims for a while I started to pick up on their behavior. I started acting like them. For example, sticking my hand to my mouth or rubbing my tummy when I was hungry. Or, putting my hands to my head and stomping my feet when I'm frustrated. It's really quite hilarious when I think about it.

So, yeah I think I do imitate some things from the tv. Though I've never been told so, I wouldn't be surprised if someone told me I act like a certain character on tv.