I LOVE QUINNIE! i feel so represented by her. she’s just so cool and i love all the colours she wears and her makeup is always so amazing, and she’s just generally so cute. SHES MY FAAAAVE
i watched this video solely to see how you ranked young sheldon and THANK YOU for putting him above old sheldon. personally i think young sheldon is a cute show and it portrays his 'non-cannon autism" infinitely better. he's still a nerd, and he often makes blunt remarks for comedy, but his character is given so much more depth. he has real emotions even though he handles them differently (the best example is when his father's death makes him zone out/not talk to anyone.) i relate to him a lot, which is embarassing because this show will always be known as the cursed *"prequel to Big Bang Theory"* (it doesnt deserve that. its so much better 😭) C tier is pretty acceptable Anyways, great video
The humor mask hit hard also one of my special intrests is biology and medicine even though any biology class and health science class I've been in has my average at a 50 or 60 which is passing but just barely so I'm not good at my special interest
Its a video game, but I've always headcannoned Samara from mass effect 2 as autistic, as she has some traits similar to my own. Hyperfocused on her goal, black and white thinking (this is also because of the moral code she follows as a type of space knight), the direct way she speaks to the player. Love her character!
i feel your love for Abed so much, his character means so much to me! I'm honestly not sure if I might be autistic or not but Abed will forever have such a special place in my heart.
As an aspiring author who’s biggest goal is to spread my story and other people’s stories I worry about my portrayals of autism and neurodivergence so. The book series I’m working on follows on a girl with an autistic younger sister, and I worry about accidentally vilanizing her autism. She’s not portrayed as in any way a bad person, but because of the way this story happens the only school she and her sister can go to is a boarding school pretty far from her home so her sis ends up being her main caregiver for a lot of the books and she struggles with making friends and being in public (both she and her sis don’t like leaving the house much especially on busy days) so I’m worried she’ll end up feeling like dead weight.
i know this vid is mostly teen/young adult shows, but i wonder about your opinion on Spencer Reid from criminal minds. Hes undiagnosed but the actor has confirmed that Reid has autism
I will disagree with the good doctor opinion (personally) I felt a lot of emotions in the show that wasn’t just feeling inspired or feeling bad for him. I feel like yes it was hard to open up his personality as the show goes on and all the flashbacks of his past and little moments where u understand him more are really important. I think a lot of the show is really good at representing his autism and all the tiny things.. Yes Shawn’s special interest is being a surgeon and it overwhelms him but he almost left his surgeon job temporarily to be with a girl he thought he loved. Idk it goes a lot deeper i guess that’s why u said u have another video on it. Me personally again personally love the show.
Also it is strange how you say the acting is realistic and it only bothers you because he is not autistic in real life. But that doesn’t mean that a non autistic person can’t spread awareness through acting no? I don’t think the show is “cringe” I find a lot of it sincere Idk sorry if this is ignorant this is just how i feel about it
On the point of Matilda not respecting self/late diagnosis; I have autism and I also had a hard time accepting the concept of self/late diagnosis. It felt threatening and unfair that someone who hadn’t struggled in the same way I had could suddenly become autistic. It made me feel less special, which was a major way I coped with being autistic (not very healthy mind you.) I had to change my perspective, largely thanks to this video by Alexander Avila ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x4ieMzbXiRA.htmlsi=VkN3QBfNJ72HqTir So I understand where Matilda is coming from, and I think it’s a good thing that the show represented this arc of growing to accept self/late diagnosis as valid because it’s something I experienced and I’d assume other autistic people have as well.
I remember seeing the “I am autism” commercial in middle school and it fucked me up. I hated seeing that society viewed me that way and that view was being promoted.
for another video, could you rank woo young woo from extraordinary attorney woo and moon sang tae from it’s okay to not be okay? also i just discovered your channel from this video, and i am definitely subscribing, you are entertaining. i have been wanting to find a good autism youtube channel because i am also autistic (self-diagnosed)!!
I’m not autistic but I’m diagnosed with severe adhd And I guess I mask in a way I work really hard to control myself in public so nobody thinks I’m weird lol
I would love to see your thoughts on Adam and Will, played by Hugh Dancy. I think he does a pretty good job at playing them, but I’m also just a big fan, so I might be biased
i loved that one episode in Community about the asscrack bandit where one of the old guys was like "Abed, you're special, figure it out" and then Abed essentially just says "fuck you bye" (abridged version)
I like your critique of the "I am a surgeon" meme. In reality, sensory overload and breakdowns look embarrassing. They need to be met with sympathy, not critique. I had a sensory overload a few months ago and it was the first time in my entire life it wasn't treated as a joke/bad behavior. My ex didn't judge me at all, and just tried to help me. She listened to what I needed, let me be in a dark room, didn't try to force me to face the discomfort. I was completely fine within around 45 minutes. People need to learn to not judge because, at least for me, the worst part about meltdowns is how people judge you for them. P.S. - I don't think I'm autistic. I've been diagnosed with it, but I think it's a misdiagnosis for other neurodivergence (ADHD). Not that it makes a difference when it comes to treating people with sympathy, but if I didn't mention that it'd feel like a lie of omission.
just wanted to say that i remeber watching bbt when i was 10 and sheldon gave me so much comfort i dont act like him but i felt like he understands lol. i know that hes not good rep but still thats how i feel about him
I relate a lot to Gregory Eddie from Abbott Elementary. Also, everyone told me that Wednesday from the Netflix show is autistic but I can't relate to her at all
I wish you had done Max from Parenthood. I believe the actor actually has asperges in real life. There is also another adult in that show who is implied to have asperges as well.
I personally don’t have a special interest in any school related stuff because I was pressured to get good grades in each subject so I never got an interest in them. I think the only ones I truly liked was the ones *I* chose which were the arts. So my special interests usually link to the arts in regular day life. (Aka. Music, baking, hand crafts)
As a autistic person, gotta say: I don't really care when people lable t.v characters as autistic, honestly if there's traits then I can see it. It does annoy me sometimes, yes, but people do what they want to do, no stopping them. It's a free world. As long as everyone is respectful and no one is hurting others or making fun of autism (or other disorders), then it's fine.
Could you do one with Adam raki (from the film Adam) any possibly will Graham (nbc hsnnibsl, I think he's on the spectrum). It would make me very happy :)
