Made people with Asperger's look worst than Rainman

DLL, in interviews of SRK (Khan) and the director at the time of the release of the film, they detailed all the research they did do. I am sorry to hear that you don't think he did enough. Over and over, SRK said that he hoped he had respected those with the condition.

SRK uses the phrases "neurotypical" and "neuroatypical". View some of those interviews on youtube. I know ASD people, probably a few more than most do but still not many. At first, I hoped he acted well and respected those with ASD. Your post made me wonder.

You might want to check in imdb.com's "news articles" history of this movie until you find the article in a UK publication reviewing all movies with ASD character treatment. Isn't it ok if an actor and a director give it their best shot?

Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friends ~The Beatles

My son has Asperger's and yeah, they didn't portray it truthfully. It's classified as 'High Functioning Autism' which means, as you probably know given that you are an Aspie yourself, that it's not severe, and a person with Asperger's doesn't behave at all like a person with actual autism would.

HOWEVER. At the start at the film, they put a disclaimer up saying that they have taken certain dramatic liberties in how they portray Asperger's, so the viewers are informed right away. They did portray quite a few characteristics really well, though. The scene when, as a little boy, he's walking home and the music is so loud, he's covering his ears, bumps into a woman and pushes her away... my son does the exact the same thing when he is overstimulated. Loud noises and being touched, both are things Aspie's typically don't like and can make them anxious.

What did annoy me, despite the warning at the beginning of the film, is that Khan kept twitching. My son twitches and flails his arms when he's nervous and in big crowds, but not like that. He was, as you stated above, more like Dustin Hoffman in Rain man in that respect. Also...I am not sure if they really do this, since my son is still a child, but he was carrying an ID card that said he's autistic. Again, I can't say this with certainty, but I wouldn't think that a person with Asperger's, given how it's high functioning, would be required to have a medical card like that, though I can see a person with general autism maybe being required to carry one.

But, yeah. While they portrayed some characteristics of Asperger's truthfully, overall by elaborating on it due to the fact that's it's officially categorized as in the autism spectrum, they pretty much made him NOT come across as an Aspie.

The sad thing is, I've seen other movies, too, that try to portray the lead character as having Asperger's and so far, none I have seen really gets it right. They always go for making them seem more...mentally handicapped for some reason, which they are NOT. If there is any handicap with Asperger's, it's social, not mental.

I agree.
I too have Aspergers syndrome and reacted to the films portrayal of Khan. I almost felt at certain points that the film made fun of people with Aspergers, I'm sure that wasn't their intention but the performance was way over the top. I've seen an Asperger behave like him, but he was six years old.

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