Girl meets world and Aspergers

[Progster]

I asked my NT brother about the same things you've mentioned. He said it's meant to be more like real life than most programmes, in which characters take turns to speak. It supposedly makes the dialogue seem more natural, as well. The audience can miss small bits, again, like real life. I reckon that's true enough. He also said the lack of action is down to the idea of the show as a largely micro-level exercise. [As families so often are.]

I'm glad I'm not the only one was takes issue with the points you made. That makes me more confident that it may be our neurology rather than simply my personal cluelessness about television.

Ah yes, I do see the point that they are making. People do often talk like that in real life. I suppose my slightly slower auditory processing and sound sensitivity doesn't help much, and that NTs will be better able to understand and follow the speech. Nonetheless, many of the characters do seem overly sterotyped and clicheed and very emotional, orientated around their emotions. I think this aspect is exaggerated. Or perhaps people really are like that in California? Otherwise yes, I like the way they handle some of the issues that arise.

 

[psychgirl95]

I just recently had my assessment, so my mom and I watched it together.

I also didn't like that it perpetrated the false belief that everyone with Asperger's or HFA has an IQ in the gifted range (or above) and excel in science and math. However, I do like that, for once, a girl was given an ASD diagnosis. But with that being said, I think it would've been better if this had've been hinted at in earlier episodes (looking back, there were some hints with Farkle - e.g., the other characters calling him a "robot"), because it seems kind of random. When I first heard about the episode I wasn't sure how it'd turn out, because Farkle had never really shown any signs that would "scream" ASD; rather, his eccentricity is probably related to his high IQ.

I think this does open up some doors for introducing kids to ASD though. If Smackle becomes a more prominent character as the show goes on, they may be able to touch upon subjects that other shows targeted towards kids and teens that had/have autistic characters (e.g., Arthur, Degrassi, etc...) never really dug into.

I don't expect any show to really have an autistic character that shows that autism is a spectrum. ASD is very complicated; if there are plenty of people who have been around autism and yet they really don't completely understand it (and yes, I'm including people diagnosed with ASD in this), then I certainly don't expect a show to get to "right." They use the information that's available to them, and sadly, that's usually information written in online articles (most of which shouldn't be relied on for info on autism - IMO, journal articles, especially Kanner's and Asperger's, are the best resource).

 

[Dr. Smart]

The only thing I really hated was the very last word. "Good" said the NT-girl when Isadora said she wanted to be "normal".

Actually the main girl asked if anyone was normal and nobody raised their hand, she asked if anyone wanted to be normal and Isadora raised her hand, noticed nobody else was raising their hand and then put her hand back down. The main girl was saying it was good that none of them were worried about being normal they could just be themselves.

sorry for the late reply though ^^