Guest guest Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 I agree about the fakeness of tv, especially the baby part. And it is amazing that their tummies are flat immediately after the baby is born and wearing belly shirts for the ride home! The diagnostic process was incredibly fast in the show! And he was diagnosed in one visit! > > > > > > I asked our Child Specialist about the show and his opinion on it. Strangely for us, Max and my son are very much alike in that Jakob doesn't have a problem smiling or enjoying his baseball team. I was confused by my son's diagnoses because Jakob smiles, laughs, and enjoys some aspects of life. The Specialist told me to REMEMBER that not every child will have every symptom. He said based on the testing, therapy, and our family involvement, Jakob has been successful in learning to coop with his disorder and is fortunate. But, he said do not be alarmed when he has ups and downs. Which he has. Jakob is not " worse case scenario " and neither is Max on Parenthood. I doubt they could ever find an actor who could portray a child to the T. Either way, it has been VERY informative for my family and friends. > > >  TeamJakob > > > Support children with > > > Aspergers, > > > With your support their is > > > no limit to Jakob's success!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: yadayada65 <donpark@> > > > > > > Sent: Wed, March 31, 2010 7:33:00 AM > > > Subject: ( ) Parenthood TV show > > > > > >  > > > Hi everyone!!! Has anyone been watching the new show Parenthood that portrays a child who allegedly has Asperger's? I was excited that Asperger's would be represented on TV and hopeful that it would be portrayed realistically. Once again, I am disappointed. They have shown the processes of assessment and getting into a special school as though they take hours or days, 'Max' plays baseball and seems to be happy when the whole team crowds around him, yelling and touching him, etc. Some aspects have been good, especially the parents' reactions, etc., but...Has anyone else been watching it? Can anyone recommend any good shows or movies protraying Asperger's realistically? > > > > > > Donna > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/210850552/direct/01/ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 I saw the grey's anatomy portrayal and I agree that it was way over the top! Sure some might be that bad, but it was almost to the point of stereotypical. > > > I just want to say that I live in the Bay Area, in the North Bay, and have to agree with that it is really hard to find services for AS kids in the Bay Area. What we do have in the North Bay are a lot of small, informal groups where parents get together to try to figure things out together. I get email from various support groups and have often wished I lived in the South Bay so I could attend some of the programs and classes offered there by Parents Helping Parents. > > > > My local Regional Center does not cover Aspergers. My health insurance does not provide services related to Aspergers so I pay out of pocket for therapy for my son. The school districts in California are always strapped for cash and our local school district only provides special ed services for 2% of the student population, when the national average is 17%. No wonder that it took years for me to get past the gatekeepers in the school district so my son could get an IEP and then a few years more to actually get the services promised in the IEP. > > > > My son eventually went to a high school for kids with AS with the school district paying the bill (but only after my son had a complete mental breakdown from being bullied at the public school and only after I went to a lawyer for help). His private school was about a 45 minute drive away, but it literally saved his life. There's another high school for AS kids in the North Bay, but that is a little over an hour away from us, plus about $10,000 more per year. > > > > Most people have no idea what it is like to have a child who has so much potential and yet keeps falling through the cracks. The TV shows make living with AS look so easy when it can be so very hard. And yet I'm really glad to see TV shows have characters that have autism or are a bit different. I'd like to see more shows with AS characters. I think it will result in more acceptance and opportunities for our children. Seeing a child with AS on TV helps people like some of my relatives or my neighbors start to think about my child from a more sympathetic point of view. Think about the old TV shows or the old movies and the stereotypes they used, especially for minorities. I'm hoping that over time, the stereotypes about AS will fade away and people with AS will be seen as being bit different, but not less than. > > > > > > > > " Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do. " - Steve Jobs > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 isn't it tomorrow night? From: juice00000@...Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:37:54 +0000Subject: ( ) Parenthood TV show For those of you who are fans of the show, the premier is tonight. TJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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