The encounter, a scene from ABC’s “The Good Doctor,” went viral in some corners of the internet this week, with social media users mocking its intensity. Among experts and advocates for autistic people, opinions are mixed.
Mary Doherty, founder of Autistic Doctors International, said the show’s significant reach means it has a responsibility to demonstrate to neurotypical people that autistic people can succeed in medicine.
“It’s just a sense of missed opportunity,” said Doherty, an anesthesiologist whose organization represents more than 700 autistic medical doctors. “Because that potential for good representation has just been lost, and it’s a shame.” To Lydia Brown, senior adviser at Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, Murphy is a “cardboard cutout of what people believe an autistic person should be like” — with his existence as the show’s gimmick. As a result, Brown said, “The Good Doctor” reinforces false stereotypes that autistic people can’t form meaningful relationships, understand boundaries or treat others respectfully.In one scene, a convenience-store robber asks Murphy to show his hands and then to relinquish his wallet.
That literality is stereotypical, Brown said. While they said some autistic people may not understand what’s happening during a robbery, most have learned to be hyper-attuned to the dynamics around them for their own safety.without that fact being explicitly stated — such as Chidi Anagonye on “The Good Place” or Gregory House on “House” — tend to be truer to life.
“To humanize a character, whether or not you explicitly label them as autistic, is to think, ‘Why do they act the way they do?’” Brown said.Lawrence Fung, director of the Stanford Neurodiversity Project, expressed appreciation for the show’s depiction of an autistic person contributing positively to society and said some scenes are reasonable representations of autism.
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