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Honestly, we do not have “powers”.
Also, this show was made by neurotypicals, not a single Autistic soul.
This is partially correct. An actress with ASD joins in the last season.
They also have had ASD consultants (medical people, not people with ASD themselves) for their entire run and emphasize that ASD people are unique. They repeatedly reiterate that the main character is not representative of all people with ASD but they do have quite a few cringe-inducing scenes throughout most of the run.
It’s a soap opera, man. It’s not a great representation of anyone but I give them points for trying.
What do you mean? Soap operas can have excellent representation!
Passions had the best “doll brought to life by a hag” represented on TV ever!
Is that so? I don’t watch the series, also, soap operas as far as i know are usually a latin american thing (Mostly on countries like Venezuela and México)
Technically I believe they call it a medical drama but it’s quite “soapy” one could say based on the repetition and quality of plot lines. I think you’re thinking of telenovelas for Spanish speaking countries. Soap operas are basically the same thing as telenovelas with some regional cultural variation.
One can have a superpower, but that needs dedication, self-gaslighting to get yourself onto the correct special interest, and a lot of luck to get the correct learning material tailored for your needs and that your parents won’t try to sabotage your efforts for “a more stable career instead of this IT or whatever that will surely fall out of fashion”, or “to carry the legacy of legacy of your father working a factory job for someone else”.
A different set of strengths can form the illusion of “powers” if the majority of the people with those strengths are gatekept by ableist systems. I think part of this is just a massive filtration of neurodivergent people who make it into the professional world at every level followed by the observation that we are rare afterward. Well, we aren’t, just the ones that succeeded with no systemic backing are rare.
Head canon: Dr. Shaun Murphy is a Thermian in disguise.
- Has a hard time sussing out people’s intentions: check
- Super intelligent and well-meaning: check
- Randomly changes the volume of his voiCE MIDSENTENCE: CHECK
There’s a show?
It’s an American remake of a K Drama featuring a medium to high needs savant person with ASD becoming a surgeon. The scene depicted above is a narrative mechanism the show uses as a way for the audience to see his thought process in a visually interesting way.
The show has plenty to dunk on but there’s nothing wrong with not having an actor stare into space for 20 seconds of dead air while the character thinks of a creative solution.
Edit: I should note a similar mechanism was used all the time in other medical shows like House
