Teen with aspergers in education documentary tonight (UK)

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Educating Essex at 9pm on channel 4

from the Radio Times:

Ryan is 15 and has Asperger's. He's a bit concerned about attending his first ever prom, held to mark the end of their school lives for year 11 pupils at Passmores Academy in Essex. "I don't know if a girl would like me or not," he wonders aloud, before asking the film crew, individually: "What would you do?" The crew think he should go. It's a lovely moment so typical of this brilliant, exemplary, fly-on-the-classroom-wall documentary series. Ryan is smashing; happy, keen, funny, clever and devoted to headmaster Mr Goddard. "He absolutely adores him," saysa Ryan's proud mum during one of his routine sessions with his educational support team.

Thanks, I'll try to watch it.

I won't be watching this, it sounds like I can't relate to this kid at all. I hated all my teachers at school, and there would be more chance of the sky falling down than me attending a prom. These types of events stink of conformity and social ritual, and everything that I don't like.

At first glance, this show sounds like a total load of crap and a mis-representation of Aspergers, meant to evoke a "ahhh, isn't he cute, look at his social awkwardness" type of response to make entertaining television.

I may be wrong, I have jumped to wrong conclusions before, but this is how it comes across in the description.