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Has anyone ever seen the TV show "Scorpion"? (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/autism
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It's a bit of an older show (2014-2018), and while it doesn't mention autism specifically, it does center around several people who are clearly neurodiverse, using their unique strengths to solve a wide range of complex and difficult problems while also trying to navigate their individual challenges when interacting with the rest of society.

When I watched this, it was well before I knew any of this stuff, and indeed research was undoubtedly less informed as well. So I wanted to see if anyone here that knows more than me has seen it and can give any opinions on it through the lens of our modern understanding of autism and neurodiversity. Was the show an excellent demonstration of ND people, their strengths and challenges? Or was is completely off the mark? Perhaps somewhere in the middle? Or perhaps even negative and perpetuating outdated stereotypes? Or is the show just too old and I'm talking to a field of crickets?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for your perspective! So a step in the right direction then? I know that when I watched it, even though I didn't know about any of this stuff, I still identified with them and wished hard to be able to get a job where my skills and talents were an asset, especially to such a wide range of problem solving.

And yeah, they did have to tweak some stuff to make it exciting, but I thought that they did a good job. Maybe after more shows featuring NDs becomes more commonplace, we can see more realistic depictions of them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Star Trek, Divergent, Wednesday (Netflix) and Doctor Who are a few that I found familiar with too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Three of those I'm also a big fan of. Never heard of Divergent though. TV or movie?

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Divergent is a book series, which was turned into movies. The books were okay. The movies were trying to ride in the wake of The Hunger Games, and completely failed to recreate the hype.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

They have a similar vibe but if you're expecting a completely different movie you'll be disappointed

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's a movie, quote a couple of m

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm sorry I just want to be clear, you want me to give you quotes from these shows?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That was a typo, sorry. No I was giving examples of other (not always disclosed) shows and movies with neurodivergent characters.

Divergent is a bunch of books/movies *quite a couple of them

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Ah ok gotcha.