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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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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