"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.

I've been watching it in bits. I agree, the music did my nut in: very distracting.

I was a little concerned because the sound test (party planners), I never heard "I'm a gorilla" voice! I'll watch the rest tonight.

Did anyone else hear "I'm a gorilla" on that test?

PS: the Simba mattress sponsor ads annoy me too. The voice asks, "Are you sitting comfortably?" and the woman lays on the bed.

"Am I sitting comfortably? No, I'm lying down you plank! Like, hello! It's a mattress!" 

I heard the gorilla bit when they told us about it, and watching the programme again I was able to hear it the first time around too, although possibly not every time. It's tonally similar to the men talking, which I think is partly why it hides quite well - if just the women had been talking, gorilla-man would have been clear I think.

Yeah, I mean we were supposed to listen to the female voices, but the male voices distracted me. That said I heard no "gorilla" guy until they played it again and pointed it out with subtitles.

Plus, I thought the answer to the wrapping paper question was red, but it was silver.

Like they said, 50% of autistic people hear "gorilla" (so that's only half the focus group), as opposed to 20% (I think) of NT people. So, it's not conclusive, but it's a good indicator, I guess.

Yeah, I mean we were supposed to listen to the female voices, but the male voices distracted me. That said I heard no "gorilla" guy until they played it again and pointed it out with subtitles.

Plus, I thought the answer to the wrapping paper question was red, but it was silver.

Like they said, 50% of autistic people hear "gorilla" (so that's only half the focus group), as opposed to 20% (I think) of NT people. So, it's not conclusive, but it's a good indicator, I guess.