Arthur & Autism Planet With Indy
Friday, April 9, 2010 - 07:56
in Psychology & Sociology
The PBSKids show "Arthur" ran an episode featuring a new character, Carl, who has Aspergers Syndrome. Aspergers is either an autism-like condition or a form of high-functioning autism, depending on which definition you subscribe to. Its marked by good intelligence and memory, difficulty learning social cues, and a tendency towards non-supervillian monologuing about a favorite topic. And how good a job did they do of portraying an Aspie? The show already has an asthmatic kid (Buster), ADHD twins (the Tibbles), and a woody-alleneque neurotic (George), so it's not like Carl will really stand out. read more