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"plaintext": "It is uncomfortable. It is irrating. It is … just don't. Can't. Again, (I don't know why we have to repeat this again and again but …) no two autistics are the same. There are autistics who can do it longer. Those who just can not at all."
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"plaintext": "Looks like Young Woo sees autism as a disease. There are a lot of people who still think autism is a disease. It is not. If it is not a disease, then there is no cure or treatment. How can you cure or treat that which is not a disease?"
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"plaintext": "This episode is about that. Once again it exposed the discrimination, prejudice, and stigma. This episode tackled it well from different perspectives: like the perspective of the mother and her daughter … two conflicting voices yet both valid. I think there's no need to expound on it, just re-watch this episode."
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"description": "A breakdown of autism in 《Extraordinary Attorney Woo》 (《이상한 변호사 우영우》) Season 1 Episode 01 by an Autistic person.",
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"textContent": "📁 Note: These reflections on 《Extraordinary Attorney Woo》 (《이상한 변호사 우영우》)'s depiction of autism and autistic persons are imported from a community forum. The original format and my initial thoughts remain largely unchanged for this archive.\n♾️ Disclosure: I do not speak for the autistic community as a whole. My goal is to share explanations rooted in my own lived experience and the stories and concerns shared by other autistic individuals.\n‼️ Spoiler Alert!\nResearching what to do on dates and listing it all down\nWhile even neurotypicals would do something like this, for autistics this is more about having an order to something without order. It is also to help autistics go through something new by knowing it ahead of time.\nIt may appear as lacking preparation or random, thus not a routine, however the fact that there is a list and an autistic prepared it is itself preparation and sort-of routine.\nI mentioned this before, it's about preparing ahead of time. It is similar with my experiences, I don't just join corporate events, I need time to prepare for it. If I'm traveling or joining a group, I prepare for it in advance … I research the place, I look at the map and layout, check places to visit, familiarize myself with it.\nAutistics have different ways, methods, and levels of preparedness required. But one thing is common, putting order to something, preparing for it, having a mental checklist, knowing ahead of time. For some autistics, you have to stick to what they prepared, a schedule. For some, there is room for changes or \"randomness\".\nI can do \"random\" in my own terms (I have a mental checklist and \"randomness\" is based on that list I prepared) but \"random\" as in letting someone decide and it ends up not in my mental list … that's a problem. I get stressed. I get worried. I get uncomfortable. And my energy is drained faster. Personally, I learned to have back up plans … but that's just me.\nSo … be careful if you know someone is autistic or looks like an undiagnosed autistic, listen to them, give them time, do not dismiss them as \"being a child\" or \"killjoy\" or \"rude\".\nNo touching / no holding; why 57 seconds but not finish it?\nIt is uncomfortable. It is irrating. It is … just don't. Can't. Again, (I don't know why we have to repeat this again and again but …) no two autistics are the same. There are autistics who can do it longer. Those who just can not at all.\nThen there are also other factors at play. If an autitsic's sensitivity is getting higher, the more an autistic can not stand it. If an autistic is aware of it, the faster it becomes uncomfortable.\nIt depends. It is not easy to explain. It just is. But again, again, again, it does not mean an autistic can not have sex because autistics hate touching. Not at all. That is a misconception that came from neurotypicals.\nTreatment of autism\nLooks like Young Woo sees autism as a disease. There are a lot of people who still think autism is a disease. It is not. If it is not a disease, then there is no cure or treatment. How can you cure or treat that which is not a disease?\nIt is a condition, a \"disorder\" if you prefer. But to see it as a disease that can be treated?\nHaving a relationship with someone who has a disability and/or disorder/condition\nThis episode is about that. Once again it exposed the discrimination, prejudice, and stigma. This episode tackled it well from different perspectives: like the perspective of the mother and her daughter … two conflicting voices yet both valid. I think there's no need to expound on it, just re-watch this episode.\nBut I want to say something very important that this episode is trying to make people realize: Neurotypicals trying to fit all conditions under one category: disability. It is as if when a person has a disability or a disorder or a condition, that person can not do this and can not do that, that person can not be trusted with their words, that person can not fall in love because it is impossible.\nIt is evil.\nIf no two neurotypicals are the same, there is also no two PWD who are the same. Trying to fit everyone together will simply not work, and this episode clearly demonstrated what happens when \"normal\" people do that.\nThe daughter's feelings and capacity to love was ignored just because she has an intelligence of an elementary student. The mother assumed she is protecting her daughter, to the point that she also harassed an autistic and practically told her she's faking her autism. If that happened here in the Philippines, Young Woo can sue that mother to hell for treating her like that.\nBecause \"normal\" people are trying to fit everyone together, if a person does not fit their definition of \"autism\", or \"disability\", or \"disorder\", they assume (falsely) that they are not. I was actually surprised the mother did not say \"go get another diagnosis because I'm sure your psychologist made a mistake\".\nStop it.\nNo two human beings are a copy of each other. It doesn't matter if you are \"normal\", you have a disability, a disorder, a condition, you are tall, you are short, fat, thin. Each of us are unique, and all of us have a capacity to love.\n🤝🏽 Clarity: While I identify as autistic and draw from shared community experiences, these views are my own and do not represent the entire autistic population.\n\n\n\n---\n\n\nThese reflections on 《Extraordinary Attorney Woo》 (《이상한 변호사 우영우》)'s depiction of autism and autistic persons were first shared on MyDramaList on 2022-07-29 at 07:38 UTC+8.\nContent license (2026-03-26): CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; see Legal Notice for more details."
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