Related to recent RT:to my shame watched Glee for a while. Anyone else get the impression that the bimbo cheerleader girl was just autistic?
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Like, "I had back problems so I went to a misogynist" is the line I remember most because it seemed like the kind of thing a person >
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> who struggles with all cognition on a basic level wouldn't say,but someone who had a disability with reading (for instance) >
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> but was very "smart" insofar as that can be objective otherwise
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Anyway the character was an offensive stereotype like everyone on that show but I feel like that kind of thing explains underdiagnosis >
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Makes sense given how they misrepresent autism She was shown to be a mathematical genius in later seasons
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Replying to @mesosuchus
Ah, so the writers had the same thought but in Ableist Language
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The "dumb" character being a savant in some obscure field is an age old trope not always associated with autism per se
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