If you could make a tv show about Asperger's

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what would you do? What would you want it to be like? What would you cover? And how would you draw up the different character?

Personally, I think I would want to do a sitcom, but the point of it would be to show that it is ok to be wierd, even if it is a little goofy. I might even have the person with Asperger's make everyone else look like idiots.

I think something styled like "Degrassi" would be effective. The point would be to show how we live, through a fictional character(s), and how we deal with certain issues. Then again, this would be more appropriate for a teenage aspie/autie character.

Actually it's called the Psych Channel here are the show ideas.

A) The Disorder hour (It discuss' different disorders in the DSM and exactly what they are and this is John Doe he has Asperger's which is X.)

B)History of Psychology (Freud,DSM volumes etc. some would be 2 hour specials but this is a one hour show.)

C)Being Analyzed (People experienceing being analyzed and how they feel about it as well as the Psychologist's point of view.)

D)Becoming a Psychologist (Students becoming Psychologists.) (Think of it as The Real World.)

E) Psychology Knowledge (A movie with pop ups on different psychology topics within the movie.)

F) Specials (PTSD,Asperger's,etc. disorders that people talk about a lot or not much bullying,school skills etc.)


What do you guys think?

I think there should be a whole family of spectrums, along with an NT.

One thats HFA,One thats LFA, maybe an MFA, an aspie,PDD-NOS, and an NT sibling.

I would do one of those 'A day in the life of' shows, just show how we live and what we are like. It may give people a better understanding of us.

I would make a documentary because I like documentaries. I would focus on adults because we are generally overlooked by the media.

Maybe each episode would be a mini-biography of an adult with AS. This would show how diverse we are, how we have changed throughout our lives, how AS may be more or less obvious depending on the situation, and how we can be successful.

I get tired of seeing the media focus only on people with extremely obvious AS characteristics - often so obvious or extreme that I wonder if there is something else going on too. I had obvious AS when I was a child, and today I think I'm pretty obvious to the trained eye, but I've changed a lot and gotten a lot better at blending in and getting by. I think this is how it is for most adult aspies.

Something fictinal and fun and in the fantasy or sci fi genera.

It would be in the vein of Survivor and Big Brother.