Published on 12, July, 2020
TBBT shows Sheldon, who is obviously autistic in a way where those around him don't like his annoying ways and often complain about them but they ultimately accept him. Those who watch find him funny but can accept "that's just so Sheldon."
Why can't the real world accept autistic people like that? Why is everyone constantly trying to correct and make us more "normal" Why can't the real world just let us be ourselves?
Ever since my diagnosis my family have complained that I am acting more autistic. Rather than accept that, they are giving the person they have lost. I seem to have lost who I am as no one seems to like my real self. Why can't TV shows reflect this reality?
A sitcom with an unlikeable main character is a hard sell. Possibly only achieved with Alf Garnett in "'Till Death Us Do Part", in the 1960s.