The ch4 Program about Autism last night

[Fridgemagnetman]

I found an alternative solution and have now watched it:

Share..... May work for the Americans and street

 

[Progster]

Share..... May work for the Americans and street

I'll share via PM if anyone is interested.

 

[Nightingale121]

I searched for the programme because I was interested in watching it too and found it on YouTube.

Here's the video for anyone who's interested:

 

[Echo]

I searched for the programme because I was interested in watching it too and found it on YouTube.

Here's the video for anyone who's interested:

Thank you, Nightingale121, the curiosity was killing me. But now I can chime in and say "meh." The show was unfocused. Both useless to those who knew nothing (and still know next to nothing) about the spectrum, and pathetically useless to those of us who do. I felt like I just watched a trailer, of a commercial, for an infomercial,.... but it took over 45 minutes.

 

[Fridgemagnetman]

Thank you, Nightingale121, the curiosity was killing me. But now I can chime in and say "meh." The show was unfocused. Both useless to those who knew nothing (and still know next to nothing) about the spectrum, and pathetically useless to those of us who do. I felt like I just watched a trailer, of a commercial, for an infomercial,.... but it took over 45 minutes.

Where's my sandwich?

 

[Echo]

Where's my sandwich?

In the bin with the rest of them!

 

[pjcnet]

Are You Autistic? - All 4

Yes, people living in the UK can legally watch it by using this link on 4OD for the next 27 days at the time of writing even without a TV licence because it's not live TV and it's not BBC iPlayer which now requires one due to a change in the law. You will be forced to turn off any Ad blockers however and watch the boring adverts which I suppose is what funds the making of their programmes in the first place. Sorry our friends in the USA and other countries will most probably be blocked from watching it using your usual Internet connection.

PS: The video above on Youtube added by @Nightingale121 was later blocked on copyright grounds, at least in the UK anyway, I'm not certain about other countries.

 

[Echo]

PS: The video above on Youtube added by @Nightingale121 was later blocked on copyright grounds, at least in the UK anyway, I'm not certain about other countries.

I'm in the U.S. and it still works here!

 

[pjcnet]

I'm in the U.S. and it still works here!

It comes up "The video contains content from Channel 4, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds." when you try to play the Youtube video in the UK. They must want people in the UK to watch it on the official Channel 4 website instead along with all the unskippable boring Ad breaks that are mainly targeted towards UK viewers.

It's great that they've allowed people from other countries to watch this UK produced TV documentary on Youtube, the more people watch informative programmes about autism like this the better. Personally I didn't really learn anything that I didn't already know from watching it because the programme is mainly aimed at NTs with a poor understanding of autism and some non diagnosed autistic people who don't understand autism well enough to associate themselves with the condition or are at least uncertain, but I still really liked this TV programme because it's hosted by autistic people themselves and they have clearly been involved greatly in it's production which is much better than watching a TV programme about autism that is hosted entirely by someone who is NT.

It's a shame that many NTs with the poorest understanding of autism and/or who still believe autistic people are all like Raymond Babbitt from the movie Rain Man (1998) are more often the ones who won't choose to watch an informative TV documentary like this one because they also have little or no interest in autism, yet they're more likely to be the people who will treat autistic people badly through lack of understanding. I would therefore love to see more Ad campaigns to inform people about autism that target such closed minded people the most, unfortunately however autism charities have limited money and resources. TV documentaries like this one and also Ad campaigns also help more non diagnosed autistic people who sometimes have little understanding of why they're different and probably struggling with the condition become better informed, they may then decide to find out more, seek the right support if they need it and perhaps they'll get an official diagnosis.

TV documentaries such as this are great for helping more autistic people realise that they may have the condition and this particular programme also especially targeted autistic women who are even more likely not to be diagnosed because they're often better at masking their traits by emulating an NT as the programme cleverly demonstrated with the speed dating experiment. I wish it was much easier for people in this situation to get an official diagnosis if they need one however and often there's long waiting lists in the UK at least which was also mentioned in this TV programme as an issue. Since this documentary is mostly targeted towards a UK audience, it wasn't mentioned that in many countries without a "free"** National Health Service, getting diagnosed also isn't cheap and I suspect it usually isn't covered by health insurance.

** The National Health Service (The NHS) in the UK and equivalent public health services in other countries are paid for by tax payers and obviously taxes could be cheaper without such services, so they're not truly free.

 

[interaural]

Also, I wonder if that sound test is available anywhere online?

Don't think Remington has made an online version of the test. Her paper reporting the experiment is available at A sound advantage: Increased auditory capacity in autism - ScienceDirect (I think this is open access). She also wrote a lay language account for The Conversation which simplifies things somewhat: Autistic people can hear more than most – which can be a strength and a challenge

I like Remington's work because she's one of the few researchers who is interested in exploring autistic superiority.

 

[Progster]

Don't think Remington has made an online version of the test. Her paper reporting the experiment is available at A sound advantage: Increased auditory capacity in autism - ScienceDirect (I think this is open access). She also wrote a lay language account for The Conversation which simplifies things somewhat: Autistic people can hear more than most – which can be a strength and a challenge

I like Remington's work because she's one of the few researchers who is interested in exploring autistic superiority.

Thank you.

 

[Thinx]

Hi Klmi I can't tell the font of Neurotribes looks like Times maybe. The E-book is ISBN 978 1 92526 660 3 , hope you enjoy it! It's way better than the programme, but maybe for a different audience.