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13 Jul 2015, 7:00 pm

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I also find it interesting how they lack sensory issues. I notice they easily portray aspies as being social awkward and very smart and that gives out a false thing about Asperger's because AS is more than that. I understand that everyone with it is different and you don't need to have every symptom. I wonder if it is possible to have severe AS and not have sensory issues or have very little or have any that are not impairing?

Unfortunately now that Aspergers is not an official diagnosis people can define it however they please so those of us who do not fit the stereotypes are in some ways going back to the status from which we were pre DSM-IV, ignored.

I am an example of a person who has been diagnosed with moderate-severe AS with pretty mild sensory issues. I was diagnosed like that because of executive dysfunction and social interaction. I am in my 50's am not independent (had a good job history for a decade or two but could not maintain) and have had no relationships and usually only speak when asked (not that you would know that from WP). My diagnostic testing results showed 90% of people have beter executive functioning then me and 97% of people adjust to change better.

I think it's interesting how symptoms can be milder than the others and I am sure there are some who are all over (have symptoms that are mild, and others severe, and others in between) that they don't know where to put them on the spectrum (mild, moderate, or severe).

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My diagnostic testing results showed 90% of people have beter executive functioning then me and 97% of people adjust to change better.

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Did you mean people with AS or without?

General Population. I took this test

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18 Jul 2015, 1:33 pm

I wrote a follow up to this post here. I hope you like it!

https://dwarren57.wordpress.com/2015/07 ... ortrayals/

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I recently saw a portrayal of Asperger's that I thought was horrible. It was Dr. Virginia Dixon on Grey's Anatomy.

Have you seen this portrayal of Autism/Asperger's? Can you name any others that you thought were either good or bad?

I wrote about it in more detail here.

https://dwarren57.wordpress.com/2015/06 ... disorders/

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18 Jul 2015, 9:19 pm

Violetvee wrote:

d057 wrote:

I have never heard of that show. I will look into it when I get the chance to do so!

Paladin99 wrote:

There was this action series called "Alphas", which was about people with superpowers, sort of like X-Men.
One of the protagonists there is called Gary, and while he is said to have autism, he's portrayed pretty realistically.

It's on Netflix, and unfortunately it only got 2 seasons because Syfy screwed it over. Gary is a great example of a high-functioning autistic in media. Makes it easy to forget the actor who played him is neurotypical, but he did his research.

One of my favorite movies is Mary and Max, with the latter character having Asperger's. It's a fairly good example of such as well. It's worth watching even if stop-motion films aren't your thing.

I think Mary and Max is one of the best portrayals- my aspie friend and I agree (I'm autistic). It's one of my favorite films too!

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19 Jul 2015, 5:22 pm

What about the Will Graham character from the show Hannibal?

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19 Jul 2015, 5:31 pm

I read a few articles about that character, and I kinda question that when it says he has the ability to "sympathize with psychopaths." They would have to be careful how they portrayed that. I would be repulsed by it if the writers tried to justify whatever they did to earn the title "psychopath."

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What about the Will Graham character from the show Hannibal?

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21 Jul 2015, 7:42 am

Sheldon Cooper is a extremely over-exaggerated portrayal of Asperger's Syndrome.

Spencer Reid shows some signs of Asperger's Syndrome however I don't think there are enough for his diagnosis. Spencer's mother was schizophrenic, correct? Reminds me of a famous aspie, Jacob Applebaum responsible for the Tor Project and FDE( full disk encryption) which I have set up on my computer, his mother was also schizophrenic.

There are movies strictly about Asperger's and Autism I believe I heard of one called X+Y in the UK. It's about the IMO and based on a true story. It is based on a documentary called Beautiful Young Minds which is available on YouTube and divided into 6 approx. 15 minute parts. The two people with autism are Jos and Daniel, sadly Jos didn't make it to the IMO. Daniel did and placed silver. I actually think Daniel was diagnosed during the documentary's filming. Jos is quite a character he is very bold, a trifle arrogant and very witty. Daniel on the other hand is not confident, shy and is very inconsistent meaning his tests results fluctuate. Daniel was a bit more social but Jos was more introvert and didn't get along with others. I suggest you watch it.

Also I remember a aspie named Carl on a cartoon there is a video on YouTube I think it's Arthur or something. He is also quite exaggerated.

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21 Jul 2015, 9:45 am

I would call Sheldon Cooper a caricature.

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21 Jul 2015, 3:31 pm

Yes that would be it.

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29 Jul 2015, 2:50 pm

There is a swedish movie called "simple simon" ("i rymden finns det inga känslor" in swedish)
The main character Simon is a steriotypical aspie, but i do think that it in some/many ways does portray the issues that may aspies face in their daily lives, although it may be a bit overlayed in the movie, but it is NOT bad, and if you dont mind subtitles or know swedish i recommend you watch it.

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04 Aug 2015, 5:51 am

I watch Community and I find the character Abed is a good portrayal of Asperger.

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06 Aug 2015, 4:06 pm

The new "Vacation" movie depicts sorority girls doing an "ass burgers" charity but it wasn't meant to offend autistic people, just show how ignorant the drunk college girls are.

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06 Aug 2015, 4:25 pm

Stereotypes like jock or token sassy black woman are easy tropes, so awkward eccentric guy and manic pixie dream girl are ours. I tell people I'm like Brick from the show "the Middle" because he's a positive version.

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20 Aug 2015, 8:05 am

I know others have mentioned this, but I think The Bridge (which Alex consulted on) is one of the most accurate portrayals of ASD on TV.

I believe one person said that it's because, although AS is part of who the main character is, she isn't defined by it.

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23 Aug 2015, 5:14 pm

UK TV Series set in a school, Waterloo Road. (Series 3)

There was a pupil at the school with Aspergers, and while it was a bit OTT at the start, her character did settled down a little.

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24 Aug 2015, 8:34 am

any of you watching the tv series "mr.robot" about a hacker with social anxiety ?

It's really good and the character reminds me of my self sometimes.

the actor is really good too

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26 Sep 2015, 8:47 pm

Paladin99 wrote:

When I saw this thread that's the first thing I thought of. My favorite scene with him is at the 8 minute 46 second mark of this one (which apparently the link won't skip ahead, sorry):

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