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Love on the Spectrum

LifeWasBetterIn69

I watched this whole series. My wife enjoyed it and says she sees a lot of me in the people in the series. But the whole series made me cringe for a variety of reasons. Don't get me wrong. I think everyone deserves to be happy. And everyone deserves to find that special someone who understands them, supports them, and who can be loved and supported in return. But this show just really got under my skin in so many ways...  Please, everyone, weigh in... how do you feel about the series? Is it just me, or did the series set off alarm bells for you?

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  • The first season I watched of it I did really enjoy it and I liked seeing them being given support to negotiate the dating world. However, the second season I really did a u turn in the way I saw it. Autistic people absolutely deserve to be able to find love but I didn't feel they were necessarily matching people to achieve this but more to ensure it would be entertaining. I don't think what is a really "normal" aspect of most people's lives should be entertaining because the people taking part are autistic. I also doubted the understanding needed to give full consent from some of the individuals taking part. They so wanted to be able to have a partner but I just wasn't convinced that all of them would understand the consequences involved with going on a well known TV show to date and they may not be able to deal with being recognised etc after the show had aired. I also think it may make some of the individuals vulnerable with people knowing they really wanted love. People may take advantage and take them on a date just for their own entertainment. Maybe I'm just a massive cynic but I agree I had definite alarm bells and didn't continue watching it.

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  • The first season I watched of it I did really enjoy it and I liked seeing them being given support to negotiate the dating world. However, the second season I really did a u turn in the way I saw it. Autistic people absolutely deserve to be able to find love but I didn't feel they were necessarily matching people to achieve this but more to ensure it would be entertaining. I don't think what is a really "normal" aspect of most people's lives should be entertaining because the people taking part are autistic. I also doubted the understanding needed to give full consent from some of the individuals taking part. They so wanted to be able to have a partner but I just wasn't convinced that all of them would understand the consequences involved with going on a well known TV show to date and they may not be able to deal with being recognised etc after the show had aired. I also think it may make some of the individuals vulnerable with people knowing they really wanted love. People may take advantage and take them on a date just for their own entertainment. Maybe I'm just a massive cynic but I agree I had definite alarm bells and didn't continue watching it.

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