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Atypical

Giddy
over 5 years ago

Just thought i would let you all know there's a new tv show on Netflix called Atypical that revolves a young lad on the spectrum dealing with love and family issues etc its actually quite good and makes a change doing tv shows centered round autistic people

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  • over 5 years ago

    Having watched a few episodes of season 1, I think it's a pretty terrible show to be honest. I don't think the characters are realistic at all. Sam is a stereotype, as are a lot of other characters (his mum is a very stereotypical 'autism mom' who ties her identity up in having an autistic child), and there's a lot of focus on how terrible and hard it is for his family more than anything (how terrible it was to have a child that doesn't make eye contact (urgh) etc etc).

    I gather they changed track slightly for the second series and have included more autistic characters played by autistic actors, but can't get through the first series in order to get onto the second series, so meh.

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  • over 5 years ago

    Having watched a few episodes of season 1, I think it's a pretty terrible show to be honest. I don't think the characters are realistic at all. Sam is a stereotype, as are a lot of other characters (his mum is a very stereotypical 'autism mom' who ties her identity up in having an autistic child), and there's a lot of focus on how terrible and hard it is for his family more than anything (how terrible it was to have a child that doesn't make eye contact (urgh) etc etc).

    I gather they changed track slightly for the second series and have included more autistic characters played by autistic actors, but can't get through the first series in order to get onto the second series, so meh.

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