Comments on: Autism and Asperger

By: AngelaW

AngelaW — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:35:42 +0000

Since the URL for the recap was so long, I went and made a tiny url.

You can access the TV show recap about Heather here:

http://tinyurl.com/25panx

By: AngelaW

AngelaW — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:34:21 +0000

Forgot to mention that I was very angry after watching the show. I wish that I had been there to defend Heather.

By: AngelaW

AngelaW — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:33:37 +0000

Autism isn’t normally found in TV shows.

America’s Next Top Model (strange/silly reality show) has a contestant named Heather who has Asperger’s and ADHD.

Here is a recap of a recent show where Heather describes Asperger’s. And the other 19-21 year old woman (contestants) make fun of Heather.

http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/portal/site/TelevisionWithoutPity/menuitem.766266d5c663f366b180b41045001d30/?vgnextoid=b1e249755e645110VgnVCM1000006dc1d240RCRD&vgnextfmt=default&ShowName=America’s%20Next%20Top%20Model

I watch reality shows like this with my 10 year old daughter. She is strongly visually driven. So we watch the shows to see the bad behavior. And then we discuss how she would act/deal with it.

My darling daughter Natasha has ADHD and some other labels and is very concrete minded. It helps her build social skills to see the bad/good behavior.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:28:55 +0000

Thank you. I don’t know why I always want to put a B in there.

By: hslowe

hslowe — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:25:53 +0000

Asperger’s (no b) is the actual spelling of this disorder.

http://www.autismspeaks.org/navigating/index.php