The show, Everything’s Gonna Be Okay, was okay— up until the moment that it wasn’t anymore. This review is a snapshot of the devastation autistic people feel in perpetuity when trying to find themselves represented in media.
“It is a gentle formula for a show, and the primary audience is really pre-school children, but I have to say that as a 42-year-old autistic person with no kids, I find it compelling, entertaining, and validating.”
Many autistic or presumed-autistic stage and screen characters fail to be authentic. For Jude Clee, Abed from Community hits the mark.
Autistic characters can be found in fiction– in print, television, and in movies– but their autism is not owned and accepted.
An #actuallyAutistic perspective of ABC’s, “The Good Doctor.”
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