New BBC Series, Inside Our Autistic Minds.

I thought I would recreate discussion on this programme as it has been replayed tonight (and also aired yesterday).

The individual films of each autistic participant are great however there are few issues with the programme in general and Chris Packham:

1. Firstly, Chris Packham is not immersed in our autistic community enough in order to reliably represent us.
2. Secondly, Chris describes the majority of our nonspeaking members of our community as having a learning disability which is false- many of our nonspeaker members are apraxic (brain/body disconnect).
3. Our dedicated interests are described as obsessive- this is unnecessarily pathologising instead our interests are passionate and specialised.
4. Masking is portrayed very simply and inaccurately. In my opinion, autistic advocates such as Kieran Rose describe masking brilliantly.

Ausomely Autistic said:

Firstly, Chris Packham is not immersed in our autistic community enough in order to reliably represent us.

As you are fond of pointing out, autistic people are very diverse. Nobody can represent everyone.

At least Chris is raising awareness and trying to educate the wider population. I like the man.

Yes I understand that, I just think the programme would have been better if may be a younger autistic person presented who had better connections to our autistic community.

Yes you are completely right, BBC Three is definitely aimed at a younger audience.

I think they're more likely to pick someone from social media etc if they were doing something for BBC Three. With BBC Two, they're going for a broader audience.

HMO said:

Like who, though? What if they aren't equipped to deal with the trials and tribulations of being a telly presenter? Especially on a subject as sensitive as this.

I don’t know very much about the TV industry.

Like who, though? What if they aren't equipped to deal with the trials and tribulations of being a telly presenter? Especially on a subject as sensitive as this.

Packham has been in the business for decades. Either way, it wasn't really about him, he was just the person linking it all together. 

Like who, though? What if they aren't equipped to deal with the trials and tribulations of being a telly presenter? Especially on a subject as sensitive as this.

Packham has been in the business for decades. Either way, it wasn't really about him, he was just the person linking it all together. 

Yes you are completely right, BBC Three is definitely aimed at a younger audience.

I think they're more likely to pick someone from social media etc if they were doing something for BBC Three. With BBC Two, they're going for a broader audience.

HMO said:

Like who, though? What if they aren't equipped to deal with the trials and tribulations of being a telly presenter? Especially on a subject as sensitive as this.

I don’t know very much about the TV industry.