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16 Sep 2008, 10:55 pm

thats horrible they didnt get somebody more high functioning, yet again will we here how autism is always being refered to as rainmain like, ticks me off.


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17 Sep 2008, 10:20 am

Age1600 wrote:
thats horrible they didnt get somebody more high functioning, yet again will we here how autism is always being refered to as rainmain like, ticks me off.


Yeah I know, tell me about it!

Oh and as far as sending an angry letter goes, whats the point, the show's been getting terrible ratings and will probably go off of the air anyway...


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17 Sep 2008, 2:58 pm

I was wondering how they would portray him. It certainly doesn't help people understand or accept us. :evil:

They should make a show about an aspie and have him or her rise above the NT's, have huge bulging muscles, and kick their a$$es. :lol:


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17 Sep 2008, 3:21 pm

Is my race even considered as Caucasian ?



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17 Sep 2008, 3:37 pm

LePetitPrince wrote:
Is my race even considered as Caucasian ?

Yes



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18 Sep 2008, 1:26 pm

Well that's sad =(

Reminds me of a show I saw not too long ago...no idea what it was, I was channel surfing, but some autistic guy was kidnapped and brought to a casino to count cards (yeah, they even referenced Rainman by name), and he willingly came because he loved the casino's commercial jingle...every time the commercial came on, he would walk over to the TV and watch it.

One of the security guards commented "He must have autism. He loves watching that commercial, that's a repetitive behaviour. Typical autism trait right there." (I'm paraphrasing of course) :roll:


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18 Sep 2008, 2:43 pm

I know that I won't be watching it, any time soon. I thought that the media was over that garbage.


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18 Sep 2008, 3:15 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:
I know that I won't be watching it, any time soon. I thought that the media was over that garbage.


apparently it's not and doesn't sound like it will be anytime soon


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18 Sep 2008, 5:57 pm

I'm embarassed even to admit I started watching this show, but after I saw this thread, I watched the premiere to play 'spot the Aspie' and got hooked.

I was excited because at first I thought Navid was the Aspie. He does have some fairly common, almost sterotypical traits: he's great with technology, has a great memory, but not great conversational skills and is rule-oriented. He tries to fit in, but isn't part of the inner circle of jocks and popular kids. I even recall one of the characters telling him "We need to work on your people skills!" in the first episode, which I mistook to be some kind of foreshadowing.

He seemed witty and like a pretty cool portrayal of a person with Asperger's. I thought, "Wow, progress!"

Then, I saw their portrayal of Ethan's brother the other night and it was like someone punched me in the stomach.



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18 Sep 2008, 7:02 pm

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For some reason, many NTs find watching an aspie just trying to live their life and doing the normal things they take for granted endlessly hilarious. "Look! Let's watch the aspie guy try to flirt!" "Look! Let's watch the aspie guy try to order an Egg McMuffin!" I have doubts a popular TV drama would try to cast an aspie in a sensitive, uplifting light; I'd expect grossly misinformed and simplistic stereotypes from Hollywood (not to be stereotyping Hollywood).

90210 Aspie:
Interests:
Bus schedules
Trainspotting
Brainy science/math crap
Appearance:
Wearing big, thick glasses all the time
Pocket protectors falling out of every pocket
Pants pulled up to armpits like Urkel
Personality:
Annoyingly spews out unasked-for facts about obscure things
Weird, stammering voice with random shifts in inflection and volume
Spits as speaks
"Brainiac"
Geeky
Socially awkward
Refers to everyone's mother as "a hottie" for lulz purposes

Folks, just say no to the anti-aspie propaganda.


True.

I always quite liked Steve Urkel. His personality was sort of like mine.


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18 Sep 2008, 8:53 pm

Ugh- I just downloaded it to watch that one scene. Yeah, it was pretty awful. Is the kid who plays Stephen actually supposed to be an Aspie in real life? If so, then they should have just let him be himself.

Wasn't it touching how Ethan smiled when he saw how "good" his girlfriend was with his "disabled" brother? She didn't come over as patronizing at all. :roll:

Girlfriend: (in cheerful, exaggerated voice) Hey, Stephen!
Stephen: You know, despite your apparent blanket worldview of individuals with disabilities as mentally stuck in the toddler years, I'm not *actually* three years old. You can use your big-girl voice with me.

I wish.