Published on 12, July, 2020
New series starting Tuesday night on BBC2 at 9pm. 5 parts and hosted by Chris Packham.
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:
I found the programmes interesting, insightful and well put together.The one problem that I had with them is that all 4 participants were of the younger generation - late teen / 20's.It would have been nice to also feature a couple of older autists - maybe have one that has lived the majority of their life with an early diagnosis and talk about how they have coped. And one who only received their diagnosis beyond 40 / 50 years and talk about the challenges that they now face.
GPK26 said:It would have been nice to also feature a couple of older autists - maybe have one that has lived the majority of their life with an early diagnosis and talk about how they have coped. And one who only received their diagnosis beyond 40 / 50 years and talk about the challenges that they now face.
Yes I understand that, the age range of participants was not varied at all.
It could be good if Chris Packham presented another programme of the experiences of older autistics, I think he would be able to relate to that generation given that he is one of them.