Arthur episode about asperger's

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OMG! Arthur was one of my favorite shows as a child - I LOVE this! Yeah, the character was a little stereotypical and his Aspie traits were a little overpronounced, but they tried, and they did a LOT better job of it than some. Like that other person said, I like that Carl had many positive, Aspie-related traits.

Oh, and as for the metaphor - I think it did an excellent job of describing what it's like (especially the part about "eventually, you can learn to fit in, but you might always feel a little different"). I don't think it's unrealistic that the Aspie uncle came up with it - I love metaphors myself, and sometimes use them when I'm having trouble explaining something.

Oh, and if the last piece of MY puzzle was missing, I would have freaked out too! Haha.

There is one? Finally! There was an Arthur episode about athsma (sorry, can't spell), one about dyslexia, and there's one about Asperger's now! I've never seen it on PBS Kids GO, either, because I thought they weren't showing new episodes anymore...

Oh, I clicked on the link, and I couldn't find the episode! >.<

Since when does Buster have AS? He's nowhere near an Aspie.

And DW is not an Aspie either. She doesn't have many friends yet because she's only 4, and although the Tibble twins sometimes upset her, they will outgrow that and just be her friends.

And is there a part 3 and 4 of that episode? Because if there is, I can't get them up.

Wow, that was just like I was when I was young. Except I had obbsession with diseases, dinosaurs and astronomy instead of trains. Still I could name just about any dinosaur I saw, what it ate, what time period it lived in, etc.
Really the only difference is that I would probably not have freaked out at that dummy, but instead do the whole "deer in the headlights" thing I do when I get terrified.
I love that one line where George asks Carl if they could hang out and Carl says "Hang from what?" In kindergarten, I used to look up everytime someone said, "What's up?" My usual reply ended up being the ceiling or clouds. Everyone thought I was just being cute, and it wasn't until 1st grade someone actually explained it to me.

Carl was an example of one kid with AS, and personally, I thought it was pretty similar to me at that age. I didn't think it was over pronounced at all. I used to get annoyed at characters like Abed from Community who just so naturally converses with people but is a little quirky, because that's not my experience with AS. Then I realized that it is a spectrum, and there are aspies like Carl and aspies like Abed.

I watched this yesterday and must say that it is the best depiction of aspies I have ever seen. In my opinion, everyone should watch this because it was explained very well.

To be quite honest, I was more similar to George as a kid. There are a few episodes where George feels left out, and that was my main issue through school too. I wasn't overaveragely smart nor obsessive. I wasn't dyslexic as such, but I had learning difficulties. George reminds me a lot of me as a kid.

As for Carl, I was not one bit like him as a kid. He reminds me more of a kid with classic Autism.