Aspergers and the X-Factor

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8206668.stm

This made me laugh endlessly. Largely due to the sheer pointlessness of the article.

personaly, I'm somewhat insulted that they would ask "if someone like James would be able to deal with the strain" and at the end of the article question if "vulnerable people" should be allowed on reality shows, and while I recognize that sometimes we do have difficulties in social situations performing has, to the best of my experience, none of the one on one contact that separates aspies from neurotypicals, and while that does not mean he will be successful, it does mean they not are justified in assuming that he will fail.

Good on this guy for auditioning. At the end of the day, only he knows what he can handle.

If it was about a person with Down syndrome or more low functioning autism auditioning, I would understand the hype. These people might not know what they are in for, however as a person with AS myself (and I am a singer too), I know exactly what the x-factor is and how everything works behind the scenes. It will be tough for him but as Louis said, it is his choice. People with AS have got the mental capacity (I hate that term...) to make their own decisions. My personal decision is:

I am not confident enough to go on X-factor even though everyone I know says I am good enough, I would struggle with the sensory side of it and wouldn't be able to do the live shows because I have Tourettes and would cuss all the way through!

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Perhaps AS could be the new fashionable angle, like how one person won because she was slightly large, and another because she was only so attractive.

If that were to happen I'd hope they'd choose the most freakish, stereotypical autistic person possible. The irony would kill me.

They are concerned because of what happened with Susan Boyle.

The problem is that the X-Factor is not just a show where they sing. They also live in "the house". Although I think previously some contestants have not stayed in "the house" and maybe he will be allowed to return home.