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I finally worked out my major problem with #LoveOnTheSpectrum.
I don't think it's made *for* #autistic people.
I don't think it's made *for* #autistic people.
Let me explain.
If this show was made for autistic people, I doubt we'd have them sat on a date in a restaurant.
If this show was made for autistic people, we wouldn't have those god-awful parent interviews.
If this show was made for autistic people, I doubt we'd have them sat on a date in a restaurant.
If this show was made for autistic people, we wouldn't have those god-awful parent interviews.
If this show was made for autistic people, we'd be talked about like adults, rather than children.
If this show was made for autistic people, we'd confront how this negative "need" to be in a relationship is shaped by ableism.
If this show was made for autistic people, we'd confront how this negative "need" to be in a relationship is shaped by ableism.
If this show was made for autistic people, the camera work wouldn't be voyeuristic, the soundtrack wouldn't be comical.
If this show was made for autistic people, they would show more long term relationships, they would show more older autistic people.
If this show was made for autistic people, they would show more long term relationships, they would show more older autistic people.
If this show was made for autistic people, they'd show more multiply disabled autistic people, more autistic people of colour, trans autistic people, rather than displaying a stereotype, a monolith.
If this show was made for autistic people, they'd outright call us autistic.
If this show was made for autistic people, they'd outright call us autistic.
But, let's be real:
If this show was made for autistic people, I don't think it would have made it to the screen.
Disabled stories, neurodivergent stories, are always for the abled, neurotypical voyeur, to make them feel good, or to make them pity us.
If this show was made for autistic people, I don't think it would have made it to the screen.
Disabled stories, neurodivergent stories, are always for the abled, neurotypical voyeur, to make them feel good, or to make them pity us.
This isn't to downplay the autistic people on screen. Credit to you.
But it's a crying shame how you were portrayed, sadly.
And for some, a shame on how you've clearly been raised to view women, and the perceived importance of relationships and marriage.
But it's a crying shame how you were portrayed, sadly.
And for some, a shame on how you've clearly been raised to view women, and the perceived importance of relationships and marriage.
It's very clear that many autistic people on this show, much like in reality, have never been given or even shown the tools to advocate for themselves.
In the cases where we do have those tools, we almost always have to fight for them.
In the cases where we do have those tools, we almost always have to fight for them.
