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12 Aug 2010, 1:26 pm

1. Jasika Nicole/Astrid is really hot.
2. Walter sort of acts vaguely AS-ish, although that's because he took too much LSD when he was younger and it fried his brain.


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16 Aug 2010, 1:58 am

raisedbyignorance wrote:
I'm not going to expect much. Television portrayals of Asperger's have been for the most part underwhelming and not realistic or definite enough to really say that they have AS. Such characters are usually portrayed as NTish but being super geeky or intelligent (with unnatural quirks that feel forced on the audience). I'll believe it when I see it I guess.


What's your opinion of Abed on Community?



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18 Aug 2010, 4:02 pm

Spyral wrote:
raisedbyignorance wrote:
I'm not going to expect much. Television portrayals of Asperger's have been for the most part underwhelming and not realistic or definite enough to really say that they have AS. Such characters are usually portrayed as NTish but being super geeky or intelligent (with unnatural quirks that feel forced on the audience). I'll believe it when I see it I guess.


What's your opinion of Abed on Community?


For the most part, I think Abed is one of the more realistic versions of AS. He's got the whole lack of eye contact thing going constantly and his discussions are usually about movies. Plus his voice is monotone with not much diction unless he is trying to get into another character. It's very good in my opinion.



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19 Aug 2010, 9:37 am

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I think that perhaps you might want to give Jasika and Fringe a chance concerning this recent development. The show has not let me down with its continuity or fringe science before and I doubt it will with this coming season. When I first saw alternate Astrid I knew she was going to have some form of autism based on her behavior. I just knew it, and lo and behold the writers/pr/actress herself have confirmed it. I think the portrayal will be accurate. I hope the portrayal will be stellar.


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