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Newsround special about autism

Jim V - mod

 

Hi everyone, just wanted to let people know that Newsround will tonight be airing a special about autism from 4.40pm

The show will focus on 13-year-old Rosie, taking viewers into her world to explain what it has been like for her and others growing up on the spectrum.

Using animation Rosie will introduce the experience of other young people, including Tony, who has a number of obsessions, Ben who has experienced terrible bullying and Lenny, R...osie's little brother.

We've not seen it but it sounds like it could be a great special from Newsround and if you get a chance to see it let us know what you think. Hopefully it'll also be on iplayer for UK viewers, so we'll put that link up as soon as we have it as well.

For more info follow the linkage :)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01773m7

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  • I saw it, it was a really good introduction to normals about how those with ASD can feel or see things. They also had the cartoon 'Arthur' on beforehand based around one of the characters befirending a character with Aspergers Syndrome and focused on explaining how some with ASD can feel like they're on a different planet. It was insightful but not too deep and easy for normals to understand (I made my sister watch it to make sure).

    It was an overall nice representation of how those that have autism see the world rather than the usual patronising 'government style' tutorials that generalise everything to the extreme, did anyone else get upset by how they presented that boy with Aspergers who loved maths on BBC Three?

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  • I saw it, it was a really good introduction to normals about how those with ASD can feel or see things. They also had the cartoon 'Arthur' on beforehand based around one of the characters befirending a character with Aspergers Syndrome and focused on explaining how some with ASD can feel like they're on a different planet. It was insightful but not too deep and easy for normals to understand (I made my sister watch it to make sure).

    It was an overall nice representation of how those that have autism see the world rather than the usual patronising 'government style' tutorials that generalise everything to the extreme, did anyone else get upset by how they presented that boy with Aspergers who loved maths on BBC Three?

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