"Am I Autistic" on Channel 5 (can stream)

Finally finished watching this today. It was interesting to see the different autistic people's point of view, but I found the GP presenting it very triggering, a little condescending and a little false in the way that she was over-nodding furiously whenever she was listening to someone explaining their experiences. I also didn't like the cutesified 'mysterious' music that was played throughout the programme, as if to imply that autistic people are a puzzle to be solved or somehow a curious problem.

It all felt a little over-done to me. Maybe this was to appeal to neurotypicals but I just didn't like the over-quirky style of it all. I found it upsetting.

Yeah I just watched it again and realised she has ENS (Excessive Nodding Syndrome). Blame it on her lack of presenting experience and a producer/director who perhaps wanted to cue people to listen (like a laughter track cues them to laugh?). I suspect a lot of those nods were added post-production, adding to the feeling of fakery.

And yes there were a few bits of 'wacky' music that you could take offence at, but a lot of the music was neutral (I thought) and that neutral music could have been used throughout.

Overall I don't think the programme was aimed at autistic people, but intended to get NTs to understand what the S in ASC means.

Yeah I just watched it again and realised she has ENS (Excessive Nodding Syndrome). Blame it on her lack of presenting experience and a producer/director who perhaps wanted to cue people to listen (like a laughter track cues them to laugh?). I suspect a lot of those nods were added post-production, adding to the feeling of fakery.

And yes there were a few bits of 'wacky' music that you could take offence at, but a lot of the music was neutral (I thought) and that neutral music could have been used throughout.

Overall I don't think the programme was aimed at autistic people, but intended to get NTs to understand what the S in ASC means.