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A is for Autism

asparagus

Hello

Anyone else going to be watching this, this week?  Though I can guess by the trailer it be mainly focused on children with autism. I wish the government would realise Adults have autism too because when children grow up they become adults. But at least those doing diagnosis are reaching to more adults. Little support out there for us.

I am going to at least attempt to watch it. I think it BBC1 tonight at 9 and something tomorrow at same time.

  • It building up about the number of characters on the ASD spectrum as a specialist school was visited.

    Point i was noticing this last week is there so much focusing on the child with autism that they have forgotten their other child-older sister.  How many weeks is this being carried out over. 

    The dad is coping better than the mum.  Not easy but doing better. I found it interesting too that when he attempted to take the bottle of wine from her and not even seconds she was moaning but yet would try to get Joe from stopping listening to his music with frustration. The dad used that to try and show her what it is like for Joe when she stops his music. Naturally she not understood. And Joe walked all that way back to school for himself.

    It was a better episode the second week seeing how the whole family is struggling because one person wont really accept it yet.

  • Watched it it on iPlayer. Great scenery. First episode of any series needs time to introduce the premise and the characters, which always distorts the plot somewhat.

    Apart from the character Tom, how many autistic people are we looking at? Christopher Eccleston's role looks interesting.

  • Of course it aimed at parent/child approach. 

    BBC4 did something too. sorry i got my facts wrong about the details.

    But really, really wish they would recognise it harder for adults being diagnosed as there is lots out there for parents.  Guess we just have to rely on the help around us.

    I was very bored by last night episode :-(

  • Thanks for the link, Bob.

    The comments in the article about how humourous and funny autstic people can be were really astute and heartwarming I thought.  They are quite right that there is such a dour impression of autistic people put across by the media - the classic stereotype that we are all emotionless robots or Mr.Spock from Star Trek.

    My experience is that many autistic people have a fantastic sense of humour, made all the funnier because we usually rely less on mocking other people to get a laugh.  And I have found that most of us are perfectly capable of laughing a little at ourselves and our harmless little quirks - so often the "best medicine" for a stressful time, as the old saying goes.

  • Hi

    The NAS advised on the A Word for the BBC.

    A few of us went along to a screening of Part One at the BFI last week.

    Its a popular drama but is clever and works on the theme of communication between people at many levels. Peter Bowker the writer taught children with learning disabilities for 14 years and has a good understanding of autism. 

    Simon Hattenstone and Maya Hattenstone wrote a interesting poiece in the Guardian on the show.

    www.theguardian.com/.../the-a-word-autism-funnier-than-this-tv-drama

    Bob - Mod

  • It looks like the new BBC drama, The A Word, starts tomorrow at 9pm on BBC 1. It's on for 6 episodes. www.bbc.co.uk/.../b0759b0c I don't have a tv and don't watch many programs (online). I will probably end up watching it, but not necessarily tomorrow.

    I haven't heard about any other autism related programmes on this evening.