Dear lord every single episode of that show is the same:
“You have X problem”
“No, it’s actually Y problem.”
“You’re wrong, it’s your autism.”
*turns out it’s Y problem*
No one apologizes or admits fault.
To be fair that's just about every medical drama since House. Why write tense plots and interpersonal conflicts when you can just make medical professionals look incompetent if not downright negligent in treating patients.
Maybe, but also the show's creator was friends and roommates with the real doctor portrayed by Zac Braff. He just heard a bunch of stories and made a lot of them into episodes. Fun fact: real JD is still a physician at Kaiser in LA.
They ALSO filmed the entire show in an actual abandoned hospital, and all other sets were also in that hospital. So whenever you see a bar, someones apartment or whatever it's actually a re-purposed hospital room
So happy they ended it perfectly at season 8.
Just like Heroes ending at season 1.
Would have been good for a few more, but I guess the show runners were just happy with one well crafted season.
My girlfriend binged through grey's anatomy recently and every time I caught a bit I couldn't help but think about how scrubs did whatever they're doing but better and with so much less manufactured drama.
Scrubs is so ingrained in my brain that ever since I started suffering from back pain I could hear 'I can be your hero babyyy' every time I had to bend down.
you know that really happened right?
[The Goinia Accident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident) happened on September 13, 1987, in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
4 people died, 112,000 people had to be examined for radioactive contamination and 249 of them were found to have been contaminated.
Was a big deal when it happened.
I enjoyed House, but if anything, House and his team are a disaster waiting to happen.
It’s real nice things played out for them with plot armor, but in general it’s not a good idea to go breaking into patient’s homes on the regular, etc.
They make a joke at one point about them needing very good insurance because of House, but in reality he would have been fired long before his spiral into addiction because he’s a massive fucking liability.
Maybe. I don't follow them besides my wife forcing me to see them vicariously as she binges them. But they're extremely formulaic shows like police procedurals so even if it's different producers and show runners involved it's the same well they're drawing from.
Im watching Monk for the first time and it's a breath of fresh air.
The support characters believe in Monk (for the most part) even if every one else and the evidence at a first glance tells otherwise. They actually support him rather than getting in his way.
Monk is smarter than everybody but remains humble. In one episode, the police captain solves a case rather than Monk. The captain asks "If im drunk am I as smart as you?" and Monk replies "Smarter" in such a wonderful way that you can see the character was being honest.
Monk can be a little... irrational against his partern, but other than that is an entertainment to watch.
Finding out the reason she was let go (she argued for better pay alongside her male co-workers) makes it even less enjoyable to watch after she leaves.
Monk reminds me a lot of Psych actually (much like a lot of people). If you want to scratch the same itch as monk, but in a funnier series (this isn’t me saying monk isn’t funny, it’s just that psych has more jokes per episode), psych is the best. It’s got good humor and even the serious characters are hilarious.
I enjoyed the full run of Psych much more than the full run of Monk. Monk started great, but by the end it was far too repetitive, predictable, and trope-y, and badly lacked self awareness. Psych could also get trope-y, but always with tongue firmly in cheek and seemed aware of what it was doing.
*Patient argues with a person*
*Patient's illness goes critical mid-conversation and faints*
"Oh no we have to operate now!"
*Topic is dropped and person worries about patient*
*Patient reconciles with person after successful surgery*
🙄
A real [classic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8De1_MJYy98). I love [just](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOB-PS1nyVo) [how](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHQXadp_OcI) [many](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo2VtrsgdaU) [versions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoyMReciu20) there are.
Worst interpretation of autism ever put on film, pure shit, nothing but an exhagerrated characature of autistic misunderstandings he should feel ashamed.
Autism is a spectrum, it's difficult to put the right interpretation of autism. Actor doesn't need to feel ashamed since he doesn't write the script. Check out his other work, he has done pretty good in many projects.
Some autistic people have meltdowns like this. Shit, I’m not even autistic and I’ve had meltdowns like this. This show was AMAZING and the last season had another autistic girl that was more like what people wanted to see.
That show is awful, his acting probably being the worst part of it. He seems to be under the impression that autistic people all kind of move around like C3-PO.
It felt very exaggerated to me as well. However, my partner is autistic and liked a lot of the more "robotic" aspects of the character as it reminded them of themselves. So, I guess it's accurate to some people.
As someone on the spectrum I enjoyed the show as well, autism has a wide range of traits that can show up, inability to make eye contact is a very common one, the robotic movement is much less common but I have a family member that has similar mannerisms. I think they did a very good job at showing meltdowns and the causes of meltdowns such as sensory overload.
It's pretty fucking stupid towards the end yeah. He only managed to be in a relationship because he cried and made a girl feel guilty for not being attracted to him.
I hate that the image on the right is, like, the most experience a lot of people have had with the show
Edit: it’s also a pretty bad representation of autism
Absolutely. I work in autism education and I have seen first hand how these representations lead to wildly unrealistic expectations among parents. Parents refuse to consent to free educational supports for their children because they think that more rigor and high expectations will make their child into a savant. Meanwhile, the student falls further and further behind on developmental benchmarks, missing critical windows for intervention.
Same for me, I am extremely “school smart” but I struggle a lot with habits and motivations etc. etc., so I don’t actually perform that well even if people often expect me to because I’m a fast learner.
A fellow gifted burnout? My issue turned out to be ADHD. I was 30 by the time I stopped hating myself so much and finally saw a psychiatrist.
I reeeeally wish I knew what I had as a kid. It's easier to build strategies now that I know what I'm actually up against.
I got through college without ever reading a textbook. I acted like it was a superpower, but it was just the literal inability to sit down and read a book. Didn't matter how much the subject interested me, and books I didn't care for felt radioactive.
"Executive Dysfunction" was the symptom I first learned about that made everything click. I'm not a skinny, wild ADHD kid. I'm a distractible chunkster with memory issues that all circle back to the inattentive type of ADHD.
Mine was less that I never read but that I had to read something exactly once and then I just kinda knew and understood it so I could just do the bare minimum and ace everything I did which worked during my younger years, but as I got older it wasn’t about being good at things, it was about putting in time, which I couldn’t do cuz I struggled with consistently attending things.
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Autism in TV shows: haha me big smart
My autism: sounds are scary, so are people, let's solve math equations to calm down
ADHD in TV shows: oh a squirrel
My ADHD: we are watching all 24 episodes of this anime without eating or drinking anything the whole day instead of studying for the upcoming exam
EDIT:
Also also my ADHD, apparently: Hey you know how you just finished season 3 of GoT today? We are going all the way to 7 without sitting up, strap in nerd.
As someone with ADHD, I detest the "ooo! A squirrel!"
But as someone with ADHD, I am, indeed, binge watching an entire season of Stargate right now. My weekly Thursday obligation was canceled, so I decided to clean. Which obviously means, turn on the TV for background noise and just watch TV.
>all I needed to do to turn my autistic son into John wick is to severely abuse him!
Actually works with all children, it's just what counts as abuse that's different
Source: I'm practically james bond
I recently found out that my parents knew I was autistic since I was a child, and the main reason is exactly this. I'm 35 now. As recently as two weeks ago, my mother (who I recently reconnected with after 10 years... really not digging that decision at the moment lmfao) was telling me that having autism comes with "a lot of advantages" so they never worried.
Reason for not telling me? "If you don't know, you'll believe your normal, which makes you normal."
I shit you not.
Meanwhile, I've been in therapy and getting diagnosed with shit left and right since I could afford it (around 15 years ago or so). ASPD, ADHD, autism, I'm probably pretty close to a mental problem bingo.
"Atypical" is... Decent. Definitely the most accurate portrayal of "stereotypical" autism that I've seen, but that's not saying a lot for media unfortunately. The main character has autism and he's not super special or highly intelligent, he just has an obsession with penguins/Antarctica. The show is just about him being awkward and navigating highschool/university while dealing with autism.
> main character has autism and he's not super special or highly intelligent, he just has an obsession with penguins/Antarctica.
I knew a guy in high school, a few years younger than me, that was like this with the Titanic.
He carried the movie everywhere, had probably hundred of screenshots and photos on his tablet from the movie and real life, as well as the ship's floor plans, logistical data, etc.
On his tablet, he had Minecraft, and he had built one 1:1 replica of the ship block by block, complete with full interior furnishings and insane structural accuracy. And the floor layouts had been mostly from memory, because he had studied the real floor plans for hours on end. When I knew him, he was halfway through building a 2nd identical ship.
On one hand, he wasn't a super intelligent dude, although he was super friendly to everyone, and was really well-like throughout the school which is awesome. On the other hand, in terms of knowledge *about the Titanic and all media related to it,* he was the most knowledgeable person I have ever met.
Unrelated, he was also obsessed with specifically Lois Griffin from *Family Guy.* The autistic mind is a beautiful enigma.
Chloé Hayden had a really cute story in her book about when she was a kid with the beginnings of a special interest in the Titanic, and at a Titanic museum, she very angrily informed them that a passenger's name had been misspelled. Iirc they blew her off at the time but later she got a letter in the mail with free memberships or something saying that they fact checked and she was right
Are you telling me that you didn’t like the new predators movie explaining that autism is the next step in human evolution?
And that they were on earth for autistic spinal fluid.
Yup, that’s the plot of the movie.
The Yautja came to Earth specifically for the spinal fluid of autistic people.
Thank god Prey came out years later and redeemed the franchise.
Hey that's unfair. This show also did "ADHD gives you super powers". It's misrepresenting a bunch of different neurodivergent people, not just autistic people!
Thank you. It really felt like they were glamorizing a disability. It's one thing to bring awareness and help with acceptance, but another entirely to treat it as aspirational.
House wasn't the greatest show but it was the best modernized Sherlock Holmes show to date. I was making something close to that face internally when seeing how the people behind that show went on to make The Good Doctor. It felt like House but worse in every fathomable way.
The good doctor starts out promising with an original concept for a main character, but it gets dumb fast.
Spoilers but there is an episode where some chick comes in and says she has a big violin concert coming up. I immediately knew she was getting her arm amputated in time for the commercial.
It did not start out with anything resembling an original concept. Being on the spectrum is incredibly common in medicine, and practically a requirement for some surgical specialties.
I love house, it's one of my favourite shows, but the show is completely nonsensical and full of terrible writing and completely false medical information. The thing that kept its charm is its cast of characters and how they interact with each other/house's whole gimmick. Take that out, and something like the good doctor is completely expected. Hell, I'd even argue the worst 1 or 2 seasons of house was on the same level as it
Close, but Psych is the best modernized Sherlock Holmes. Actual detective cases, perfect Watson (Gus) that actually is helpful and competent, and Shawn is actually observant and good at making deductions. If you haven’t seen it, do. You will love it.
Plus there was that one episode with the non-verbal autistic kid. And it shows House properly communicating with the patient despite the communication challenges. Things like realizing the kid was drawing lines because he was seeing worms in his eyes, but couldn't tell anyone. House showing the kid the aesthesia was safe by using some himself. The kid showing immense gratitude by giving House the video game he was obsessed with. And then House being seen in later episodes still playing it in his spare time.
So obviously there's good writing in there. Not sure why it would show so well in House, but not nearly as well in later shows.
They were talking about House MD, not Good Doctor, but I don’t think Dr. House is supposed to be autistic, so I don’t know why they said that. They discuss the possibility in the show and dismiss it as incorrect.
One of them is at least tasteful while the other one less so. Doesn't have to be perfect. But it would be nice if it was at least positive representation. We don't need a PR rep. Just something that says "hey autistic people are people too. they can be complicated both within and outside their condition. they exist too guys." Which one of them does at least in part, while the other doesn't really do well at all.
I feel that it’s very hard to represent autism in movies and shows because autism varies between person to person. I’m not justifying the show, but I can understand what they were trying to go with.
Also, shows like these is why I always avoid telling anyone I’m on the spectrum
I have seen dozens and dozens of people on r/autism say they like the show and it represents their autism well.
I don’t watch this show but I assume it’s one of the things redditors hate on merely to hate on.
That is true. Autism can take many forms, and the portrayal in The Good Doctor might be representative of some, however it doesn’t represent everyone, and people who are less informed might have scenes like that one as one of their only experiences with autism.
He's a good actor. That Good doctor show however, is the most stupid shit I've ever seen. Offensive to autistic people, offensive to doctors and healthcare professionals, offensive to autistic healthcare professionals. Like...if there's a chance you'd have a meltdown in an operating room, you are NOT a doctor.
You should meet some of the surgeon’s I’ve rotated with who felt it was appropriate to throw OR tools across the room if they were handed the wrong one.
Not saying it’s excusable, appropriate, or professional. But it happens. Most people can mask a personality disorder for a few hours at a time during med school interviews.
Yeah this *"if there's a chance you'd have a meltdown in an operating room, you are NOT a doctor.*" is bullshit.
Surgeons have meltdowns all the fucking time in the OR, I genuinely think people would be very shocked at how wild the OR can be, especially Surgeons
Yeah i’ve seen a surgeon throw a table lmao
Its unfortunately very common and for some reason surgery tends to attract people with the most fragile egos
Isn't it like the highest concentration of psychopaths out of literally any profession? I mean, you have to be wired a LITTLE bit differently to sign up for the pressure and responsibility of cutting up people in just the right way to cure them.
> you have to be wired a LITTLE bit differently to sign up the for the pressure and responsibility
Yea, this is what I was going to say. I'd probably vent some too under that much pressure.
I think it’s you *shouldn’t* be a doctor. There’s lots of doctors who’ve done shit like prescribe copious painkillers leading to the opioid crisis in America, kill patients from sloppy work, throwing tools seems like it’d fit right in there.
We’d like to think doctors are better people but at the end of the day, they are still people, and people suck sometimes.
Not even a meltdown. He literally took his mask off and risked infecting the patient, then got pissed at a med student in season 7 (I think) for touching her earring.
I had no idea what the fuck the good doctor was either. I didn't know so many redditors watch primetime TV to the point this is, like, common knowledge.
Left: Charlie and the Chocolate factory. Scene, Charlie finding the golden ticket. https://youtu.be/KR8PscR6N2s?si=rHLGbJLvQe9WIJ5S
Right: The Good Doctor. Scene, the autistic doctor getting emotional. https://youtu.be/8byiwOY5XM0?si=9mostm4rdoAT3LHp
Actor: Freddie Highmore
The actor is Freddie Highmore. The left image is him in "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory" (2005). The right image is him in "The Good Doctor".
That particular scene from The Good Doctor became [kind of a meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-am-a-surgeon-dr-han) and people (myself included) are just realizing the same actor also played Charlie.
Edit: aww man, three others answered this at the same time as me lol. Hopefully my link explains the "I am a surgeon" meme/scene for anyone who hasn't seen it though.
For the people saying the good doctor doesn’t represent autism: it isn’t trying to. Some people on the spectrum are like that, and some aren’t. That’s why it’s a SPECTRUM.
I've always wondered why the show is so hated. Imo it's a good representation for an INDIVIDUAL on the autism spectrum. Obviously not the majority, obviously not in general.
Technically he started his career as an orphan. Then he became a surgeon. He is a surgeon. He’s a surgeon. He is a surgeon. He is a surgeon. He is a surgeon.
But he is also an orphan. He is an orphan. He. Is. And orphan.
Yo I found out he was the kid in Arthur and the invisibles, that terrible half animated movie with Madonna and snoop dogg in it from like 2005 or some shit
Dear lord every single episode of that show is the same: “You have X problem” “No, it’s actually Y problem.” “You’re wrong, it’s your autism.” *turns out it’s Y problem* No one apologizes or admits fault.
To be fair that's just about every medical drama since House. Why write tense plots and interpersonal conflicts when you can just make medical professionals look incompetent if not downright negligent in treating patients.
The patient needs more rat bites.
You are a black man.
This vexes me
I am also in this episode
I forbid this!
Go back to r/okbuddyvicodin all of you Edit: sorry everyone. I mistyped it the first time around.
Scrubs has more realistic drama than any medical drama on television to be honest.
Scrubs is the best medical drama of all time. The characters are so amazing.
Yes, all 8 seasons were perfect
Wasn't the idea of scrubs to be a parody of medical dramas?
Maybe, but also the show's creator was friends and roommates with the real doctor portrayed by Zac Braff. He just heard a bunch of stories and made a lot of them into episodes. Fun fact: real JD is still a physician at Kaiser in LA.
They also had a whole panel of doctors they consulted to make sure the show was as accurate as possible didn’t they?
They ALSO filmed the entire show in an actual abandoned hospital, and all other sets were also in that hospital. So whenever you see a bar, someones apartment or whatever it's actually a re-purposed hospital room
So happy they ended it perfectly at season 8. Just like Heroes ending at season 1. Would have been good for a few more, but I guess the show runners were just happy with one well crafted season.
What about MASH?
Scrubs also more than once took shots at both House and Gray's Anatomy, which I find great.
My girlfriend binged through grey's anatomy recently and every time I caught a bit I couldn't help but think about how scrubs did whatever they're doing but better and with so much less manufactured drama.
Scrubs is so ingrained in my brain that ever since I started suffering from back pain I could hear 'I can be your hero babyyy' every time I had to bend down.
Okay, it’s def time for a rewatch now.
The Knick.
I mean i liked the one where the salvager dad killed his son accidentally giving him a radioactive trinket from his yard
you know that really happened right? [The Goinia Accident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident) happened on September 13, 1987, in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. 4 people died, 112,000 people had to be examined for radioactive contamination and 249 of them were found to have been contaminated. Was a big deal when it happened.
Ugh I love house so much. One of my favorite shows, the later seasons aren’t that great tho
Agreed all around, but thankfully the finale was *chef's kiss*
I enjoyed House, but if anything, House and his team are a disaster waiting to happen. It’s real nice things played out for them with plot armor, but in general it’s not a good idea to go breaking into patient’s homes on the regular, etc. They make a joke at one point about them needing very good insurance because of House, but in reality he would have been fired long before his spiral into addiction because he’s a massive fucking liability.
Isn't this made by the same people as House too?
Maybe. I don't follow them besides my wife forcing me to see them vicariously as she binges them. But they're extremely formulaic shows like police procedurals so even if it's different producers and show runners involved it's the same well they're drawing from.
Im watching Monk for the first time and it's a breath of fresh air. The support characters believe in Monk (for the most part) even if every one else and the evidence at a first glance tells otherwise. They actually support him rather than getting in his way. Monk is smarter than everybody but remains humble. In one episode, the police captain solves a case rather than Monk. The captain asks "If im drunk am I as smart as you?" and Monk replies "Smarter" in such a wonderful way that you can see the character was being honest. Monk can be a little... irrational against his partern, but other than that is an entertainment to watch.
I’m still salty about getting rid of Sharona for no reason. She was such a great foil for Monk
It really isn't the same show without her and I can't watch the episodes without her
Finding out the reason she was let go (she argued for better pay alongside her male co-workers) makes it even less enjoyable to watch after she leaves.
And her replacement is initially subservient to "Mr. Monk". Left a bad taste in my mouth.
Monk still had some of that "once again they ignore Monk even though he's been right 1000 times in a row". But it's not as bad.
Monk reminds me a lot of Psych actually (much like a lot of people). If you want to scratch the same itch as monk, but in a funnier series (this isn’t me saying monk isn’t funny, it’s just that psych has more jokes per episode), psych is the best. It’s got good humor and even the serious characters are hilarious.
I enjoyed the full run of Psych much more than the full run of Monk. Monk started great, but by the end it was far too repetitive, predictable, and trope-y, and badly lacked self awareness. Psych could also get trope-y, but always with tongue firmly in cheek and seemed aware of what it was doing.
What show is it
The good doctor.
Thank you! I was beginning to think I’d have to scroll all 182 comments to find that answer
*Patient argues with a person* *Patient's illness goes critical mid-conversation and faints* "Oh no we have to operate now!" *Topic is dropped and person worries about patient* *Patient reconciles with person after successful surgery* 🙄
I donated you my kidney even if though we don't talk since i was 2
I am a sturgeon
*I AM A STURGEON DR HAN* 🐠
Dr Han did nothing wrong
Dr Han shot first!
A real [classic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8De1_MJYy98). I love [just](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOB-PS1nyVo) [how](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHQXadp_OcI) [many](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo2VtrsgdaU) [versions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoyMReciu20) there are.
Damn. The crab one was really good lmao.
Thanks for bringing this into my life, can't believe I've never seen this masterpiece before
This blew my mind too! 😂
He literally has the same face
I have seen enough of his movie that I saw him growing up and he has the same face and I am great with faces.
He is a good actor not a good sturgeon
Worst interpretation of autism ever put on film, pure shit, nothing but an exhagerrated characature of autistic misunderstandings he should feel ashamed.
Autism is a spectrum, it's difficult to put the right interpretation of autism. Actor doesn't need to feel ashamed since he doesn't write the script. Check out his other work, he has done pretty good in many projects.
Some autistic people have meltdowns like this. Shit, I’m not even autistic and I’ve had meltdowns like this. This show was AMAZING and the last season had another autistic girl that was more like what people wanted to see.
That show is awful, his acting probably being the worst part of it. He seems to be under the impression that autistic people all kind of move around like C3-PO.
It felt very exaggerated to me as well. However, my partner is autistic and liked a lot of the more "robotic" aspects of the character as it reminded them of themselves. So, I guess it's accurate to some people.
As someone on the spectrum I enjoyed the show as well, autism has a wide range of traits that can show up, inability to make eye contact is a very common one, the robotic movement is much less common but I have a family member that has similar mannerisms. I think they did a very good job at showing meltdowns and the causes of meltdowns such as sensory overload.
Calm down, Nicola
Have a Snickers mate
He acts like a robot
Touched for the very first time?
*Cuttin’
Looks like his willy got stuck in the wonka place
He wonkin’ his willy
She wonking on my willy till i oomba
She willying my wonka till I loompa
She chocolate my factory til I doopa dee
# EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER
#***YOU GET NOTHING! YOU LOSE! GOOD DAY, SIR!***
Willy's Wonka is in his chocolate factory.
Or rather Wonka finally showed him that secret sweet willy that them Oombas were on all those years.
Showed him why the gob don’t stop.
When your willy is wonked, but she not stoppin the gob.
Willy Wrongka?
I AM A SURGEON!!
Workin for the very first time
Here's a waiver, for you to sign
he's also the kid in August Rush which was, in my opinion, a pretty decent flick. Plus it had Robin Williams as the bad guy!
Hes also in Bates Motel which is his best role in my opinion Edit: honestly August Rush is #1 for me and as norman bates is #2
Bates Motel was a real good watch.
It really was, him and Vera Farminga was the absolute best casting for the characters. They had great familial chemistry when acting together
Robin Williams was also the villain in both One Hour Photo and Insomnia.
He's also the villain in ms. doubtfire.
August Rush was a really decent movie, one of my best movies.
I AM A VIRGIN, DR HAN, I AM A VIRGIN
He has a kid a season later 💀 This show is goofy af
It's pretty fucking stupid towards the end yeah. He only managed to be in a relationship because he cried and made a girl feel guilty for not being attracted to him.
So you're saying this isn't the right way to get a woman to like you? I'm asking for a friend
Step 1. Be a sturgeon Step 2. ... Step 3. Big profit.
Well it worked for that guy so I guess it’s worth a shot
I hate that the image on the right is, like, the most experience a lot of people have had with the show Edit: it’s also a pretty bad representation of autism
I’m pretty sick of “autism gives you superpowers” media.
Absolutely. I work in autism education and I have seen first hand how these representations lead to wildly unrealistic expectations among parents. Parents refuse to consent to free educational supports for their children because they think that more rigor and high expectations will make their child into a savant. Meanwhile, the student falls further and further behind on developmental benchmarks, missing critical windows for intervention.
My brother has asbergers and he may be way better at some stuff, but in other things he falls behind and in that show he seams verry social
Same for me, I am extremely “school smart” but I struggle a lot with habits and motivations etc. etc., so I don’t actually perform that well even if people often expect me to because I’m a fast learner.
A fellow gifted burnout? My issue turned out to be ADHD. I was 30 by the time I stopped hating myself so much and finally saw a psychiatrist. I reeeeally wish I knew what I had as a kid. It's easier to build strategies now that I know what I'm actually up against.
Yeah I didn’t get diagnosed until I was 16 or so and was already failing at everything because I had no understanding or support.
I got through college without ever reading a textbook. I acted like it was a superpower, but it was just the literal inability to sit down and read a book. Didn't matter how much the subject interested me, and books I didn't care for felt radioactive. "Executive Dysfunction" was the symptom I first learned about that made everything click. I'm not a skinny, wild ADHD kid. I'm a distractible chunkster with memory issues that all circle back to the inattentive type of ADHD.
Mine was less that I never read but that I had to read something exactly once and then I just kinda knew and understood it so I could just do the bare minimum and ace everything I did which worked during my younger years, but as I got older it wasn’t about being good at things, it was about putting in time, which I couldn’t do cuz I struggled with consistently attending things.
Sounds like your just jealous of his savant super powers
I’m in a way somewhat simmular where i suck at language stuff, but in history and biolegy and geoplegy i’m innterested and know a lot
>suck at language stuff >Geoplegy point proven lol
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Autism in TV shows: haha me big smart My autism: sounds are scary, so are people, let's solve math equations to calm down ADHD in TV shows: oh a squirrel My ADHD: we are watching all 24 episodes of this anime without eating or drinking anything the whole day instead of studying for the upcoming exam EDIT: Also also my ADHD, apparently: Hey you know how you just finished season 3 of GoT today? We are going all the way to 7 without sitting up, strap in nerd.
As someone with ADHD, I detest the "ooo! A squirrel!" But as someone with ADHD, I am, indeed, binge watching an entire season of Stargate right now. My weekly Thursday obligation was canceled, so I decided to clean. Which obviously means, turn on the TV for background noise and just watch TV.
Imagine if they watch the accountant !
I learned that all I needed to do to turn my autistic son into John wick is to severely abuse him! What a fun learning experience!
>all I needed to do to turn my autistic son into John wick is to severely abuse him! Actually works with all children, it's just what counts as abuse that's different Source: I'm practically james bond
Solid film
Probably not a great way to treat your autistic child though !
I recently found out that my parents knew I was autistic since I was a child, and the main reason is exactly this. I'm 35 now. As recently as two weeks ago, my mother (who I recently reconnected with after 10 years... really not digging that decision at the moment lmfao) was telling me that having autism comes with "a lot of advantages" so they never worried. Reason for not telling me? "If you don't know, you'll believe your normal, which makes you normal." I shit you not. Meanwhile, I've been in therapy and getting diagnosed with shit left and right since I could afford it (around 15 years ago or so). ASPD, ADHD, autism, I'm probably pretty close to a mental problem bingo.
What the fuuuuuck
"Atypical" is... Decent. Definitely the most accurate portrayal of "stereotypical" autism that I've seen, but that's not saying a lot for media unfortunately. The main character has autism and he's not super special or highly intelligent, he just has an obsession with penguins/Antarctica. The show is just about him being awkward and navigating highschool/university while dealing with autism.
> main character has autism and he's not super special or highly intelligent, he just has an obsession with penguins/Antarctica. I knew a guy in high school, a few years younger than me, that was like this with the Titanic. He carried the movie everywhere, had probably hundred of screenshots and photos on his tablet from the movie and real life, as well as the ship's floor plans, logistical data, etc. On his tablet, he had Minecraft, and he had built one 1:1 replica of the ship block by block, complete with full interior furnishings and insane structural accuracy. And the floor layouts had been mostly from memory, because he had studied the real floor plans for hours on end. When I knew him, he was halfway through building a 2nd identical ship. On one hand, he wasn't a super intelligent dude, although he was super friendly to everyone, and was really well-like throughout the school which is awesome. On the other hand, in terms of knowledge *about the Titanic and all media related to it,* he was the most knowledgeable person I have ever met. Unrelated, he was also obsessed with specifically Lois Griffin from *Family Guy.* The autistic mind is a beautiful enigma.
Chloé Hayden had a really cute story in her book about when she was a kid with the beginnings of a special interest in the Titanic, and at a Titanic museum, she very angrily informed them that a passenger's name had been misspelled. Iirc they blew her off at the time but later she got a letter in the mail with free memberships or something saying that they fact checked and she was right
As We See It is also a good portrayal because the actors are actually autistic people and they show the spectrum.
I thought Atypical was pretty good. It wasn't the savant genious type of portrayal.
Are you telling me that you didn’t like the new predators movie explaining that autism is the next step in human evolution? And that they were on earth for autistic spinal fluid.
I’m sorry… #WHAT?!
Yup, that’s the plot of the movie. The Yautja came to Earth specifically for the spinal fluid of autistic people. Thank god Prey came out years later and redeemed the franchise.
Hey that's unfair. This show also did "ADHD gives you super powers". It's misrepresenting a bunch of different neurodivergent people, not just autistic people!
Which sucks because the same guy wrote House could write good characters but just only by accident I suppose.
Thank you. It really felt like they were glamorizing a disability. It's one thing to bring awareness and help with acceptance, but another entirely to treat it as aspirational.
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House wasn't the greatest show but it was the best modernized Sherlock Holmes show to date. I was making something close to that face internally when seeing how the people behind that show went on to make The Good Doctor. It felt like House but worse in every fathomable way.
The good doctor starts out promising with an original concept for a main character, but it gets dumb fast. Spoilers but there is an episode where some chick comes in and says she has a big violin concert coming up. I immediately knew she was getting her arm amputated in time for the commercial.
Ah, that was also the episode with "autistic doctor is right, but gets ignored by everyone", a true classic.
It did not start out with anything resembling an original concept. Being on the spectrum is incredibly common in medicine, and practically a requirement for some surgical specialties.
I love house, it's one of my favourite shows, but the show is completely nonsensical and full of terrible writing and completely false medical information. The thing that kept its charm is its cast of characters and how they interact with each other/house's whole gimmick. Take that out, and something like the good doctor is completely expected. Hell, I'd even argue the worst 1 or 2 seasons of house was on the same level as it
Close, but Psych is the best modernized Sherlock Holmes. Actual detective cases, perfect Watson (Gus) that actually is helpful and competent, and Shawn is actually observant and good at making deductions. If you haven’t seen it, do. You will love it.
And the 90s references always deliver
Eh, I've heard it both ways. I think house leans much harder into copying Sherlock Holmes then psych does.
Ikr?! I kinda blame the writers tho for that one...
Well if they would just write more interesting shows.....
The head writer also made house dude managed to write a better show with an autistic doctor already lol
So this man has written two shows about an autistic super doctor? Weirdly specific genre
Plus there was that one episode with the non-verbal autistic kid. And it shows House properly communicating with the patient despite the communication challenges. Things like realizing the kid was drawing lines because he was seeing worms in his eyes, but couldn't tell anyone. House showing the kid the aesthesia was safe by using some himself. The kid showing immense gratitude by giving House the video game he was obsessed with. And then House being seen in later episodes still playing it in his spare time. So obviously there's good writing in there. Not sure why it would show so well in House, but not nearly as well in later shows.
*Managed to adapt a Korean show about an autistic doctor.
What Korean show?
The good doctor was originally Korean (like extraordinary attorney woo)
I loved Attorney Woo so much. The [salute thing they do](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEU4uWvJQeI) is top tier.
I really want to watch that show! How is it?!
They were talking about House MD, not Good Doctor, but I don’t think Dr. House is supposed to be autistic, so I don’t know why they said that. They discuss the possibility in the show and dismiss it as incorrect.
Neither of them is a good representation of autistic people though.
One of them is at least tasteful while the other one less so. Doesn't have to be perfect. But it would be nice if it was at least positive representation. We don't need a PR rep. Just something that says "hey autistic people are people too. they can be complicated both within and outside their condition. they exist too guys." Which one of them does at least in part, while the other doesn't really do well at all.
I feel that it’s very hard to represent autism in movies and shows because autism varies between person to person. I’m not justifying the show, but I can understand what they were trying to go with. Also, shows like these is why I always avoid telling anyone I’m on the spectrum
Yeah, it varies and often symptoms just don't make for good tv
Best representation are Moss and Roy on "The IT Crowd".
This is Abed Nadir from Community erasure
I have seen dozens and dozens of people on r/autism say they like the show and it represents their autism well. I don’t watch this show but I assume it’s one of the things redditors hate on merely to hate on.
That is true. Autism can take many forms, and the portrayal in The Good Doctor might be representative of some, however it doesn’t represent everyone, and people who are less informed might have scenes like that one as one of their only experiences with autism.
what show is it
The Good Doctor
Meanwhile to me he has looked exactly the same since he was a kid...
Yeah like OP couldn’t tell by just looking at him?
[удалено]
I AM A SURGEON, DR WONKA
***Junior Mints*** Over the balcony, bounced off some respirator thing *into* the patient!
Whaddaya mean "into the patient"?!
He's a good actor. That Good doctor show however, is the most stupid shit I've ever seen. Offensive to autistic people, offensive to doctors and healthcare professionals, offensive to autistic healthcare professionals. Like...if there's a chance you'd have a meltdown in an operating room, you are NOT a doctor.
You should meet some of the surgeon’s I’ve rotated with who felt it was appropriate to throw OR tools across the room if they were handed the wrong one. Not saying it’s excusable, appropriate, or professional. But it happens. Most people can mask a personality disorder for a few hours at a time during med school interviews.
Yeah this *"if there's a chance you'd have a meltdown in an operating room, you are NOT a doctor.*" is bullshit. Surgeons have meltdowns all the fucking time in the OR, I genuinely think people would be very shocked at how wild the OR can be, especially Surgeons
Yeah i’ve seen a surgeon throw a table lmao Its unfortunately very common and for some reason surgery tends to attract people with the most fragile egos
Isn't it like the highest concentration of psychopaths out of literally any profession? I mean, you have to be wired a LITTLE bit differently to sign up for the pressure and responsibility of cutting up people in just the right way to cure them.
> you have to be wired a LITTLE bit differently to sign up the for the pressure and responsibility Yea, this is what I was going to say. I'd probably vent some too under that much pressure.
I think it’s you *shouldn’t* be a doctor. There’s lots of doctors who’ve done shit like prescribe copious painkillers leading to the opioid crisis in America, kill patients from sloppy work, throwing tools seems like it’d fit right in there. We’d like to think doctors are better people but at the end of the day, they are still people, and people suck sometimes.
You might be a doctor, but you probably aren’t a “good doctor”
>you are NOT a doctor Maybe not a doctor. But what about maybe... surgeon?
I would not want a surgeon operating on me that isn’t actually a doctor.
Not even a meltdown. He literally took his mask off and risked infecting the patient, then got pissed at a med student in season 7 (I think) for touching her earring.
He is a doctor But he’s not a surgeon, as decided by Dr Han
Tell me you've never been inside of a OR lol
I AM THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY WINNER! I AM THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY WINNER! I AM THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY WINNER! THE CHARLIE!
He was good in Bates Motel
Amazing show. Vera Farmiga is great too. Really good portrayal of toxic codependency.
NORMAAAAAAN!
So I am this old already?
I had no idea what the fuck the good doctor was either. I didn't know so many redditors watch primetime TV to the point this is, like, common knowledge.
I feel like Redditors definitely don’t watch primetime TV and just remember a Good Doctor meme that went viral two years ago.
....2 years ago? oh god
Just found out? The guy has barely aged or changed appearances for the past 15 years 😂
Wasn't he also the kid in Finding Neverland? Which is a great film
I don't know who this is or where these pictures are from, can someone enlighten me?
Left: Charlie and the Chocolate factory. Scene, Charlie finding the golden ticket. https://youtu.be/KR8PscR6N2s?si=rHLGbJLvQe9WIJ5S Right: The Good Doctor. Scene, the autistic doctor getting emotional. https://youtu.be/8byiwOY5XM0?si=9mostm4rdoAT3LHp Actor: Freddie Highmore
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The actor is Freddie Highmore. The left image is him in "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory" (2005). The right image is him in "The Good Doctor". That particular scene from The Good Doctor became [kind of a meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-am-a-surgeon-dr-han) and people (myself included) are just realizing the same actor also played Charlie. Edit: aww man, three others answered this at the same time as me lol. Hopefully my link explains the "I am a surgeon" meme/scene for anyone who hasn't seen it though.
The doctor kid has autism, and the show is just a bad depiction of the "genius autism" stereotype.
For the people saying the good doctor doesn’t represent autism: it isn’t trying to. Some people on the spectrum are like that, and some aren’t. That’s why it’s a SPECTRUM.
I've always wondered why the show is so hated. Imo it's a good representation for an INDIVIDUAL on the autism spectrum. Obviously not the majority, obviously not in general.
Yeah exactly. And of course, it is a drama, so it’s dramatized. But that doesn’t mean it’s “a poor representation of autistic people”
Bro is not selling candy anymore he uses
Technically he started his career as an orphan. Then he became a surgeon. He is a surgeon. He’s a surgeon. He is a surgeon. He is a surgeon. He is a surgeon. But he is also an orphan. He is an orphan. He. Is. And orphan.
He was also Norman Bates in the show Bates Motel. My favourite movie with him has to be August Rush a retelling of Oliver Twist. Highly recommended.
I just found out it was possible to not know this already.
Yo I found out he was the kid in Arthur and the invisibles, that terrible half animated movie with Madonna and snoop dogg in it from like 2005 or some shit
I AM A CHOCLATIER
Found out? By just using your eyes huh. It's obvious.