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Do you think Autism has a negative image?

White_Dragon

One thought keeps cropping up and would like to get your views on this topic. Do you think Autism has a negative image in a general sense? Until recently I knew very little about it and from the little I did know I thought of TV programmes like the A word. More recently, now I am a bit more attuned to things, I've noticed on the media/TV that autism is portrayed as a mental health condition. Patience seems a more positive view and a bit of an exception. I watched unforgotten recently on ITV and there was a lad on that they clearly had problems but all they talked about was his autism. Then I was watching the news earlier on and there was a young girl who sounded like she took her own life but had previously been arrested as suspected far right terrorist. Again they mentioned she was autistic.

Maybe I am just seeing more negative cases?

Would be interested to understand what you think?

It seems like a real barrier to me in terms of being open about being autistic when its potentially perceived in negative way? 

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  • Theres a serious lack of understanding and unfortunately I think overall its seen negatively. A good example is when my mum told our neighbour Im autistic our neighbour said oh I'm so sorry.

    People don't understand autism and its seen in this negative light. There's better understanding than there used to be I guess but its still not as good as it should be.

    White_Dragon said:
    It seems like a real barrier to me in terms of being open about being autistic when its potentially perceived in negative way?

    Same for me.

    I tell no one but my family because you just don't know how peeps will react when you tell them. When it came up randomly with my mum and our neighbour the way the neighbour spoke about it made it sound like I had an incurable disease.

    Wish it was better understood.

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  • Theres a serious lack of understanding and unfortunately I think overall its seen negatively. A good example is when my mum told our neighbour Im autistic our neighbour said oh I'm so sorry.

    People don't understand autism and its seen in this negative light. There's better understanding than there used to be I guess but its still not as good as it should be.

    White_Dragon said:
    It seems like a real barrier to me in terms of being open about being autistic when its potentially perceived in negative way?

    Same for me.

    I tell no one but my family because you just don't know how peeps will react when you tell them. When it came up randomly with my mum and our neighbour the way the neighbour spoke about it made it sound like I had an incurable disease.

    Wish it was better understood.

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