- I strongly object to the use of the word "autistic", It should be 'child with Autism' or 'child in the Autistic Spectrum'. Since there is a struggle towards social acceptance of these children.... charity should begin at home.
- the test battery shown in the serial is very misleading. Similarly the charges are exaggerated. Many of my clients have come up with doubts which were extremel;y unrelevant. None of my clients have ever been through CT scans!! and in what way does it determine Severity of Autism?
- The overall picture given to the father about Autistic Spectrum Disorders is entirely dismal. They seem to have forgotton about the children who do well academically in regular schools, are self dependant and mingle well with normally developing peers. As a result many viewer parents who have newly received the news of their children being in the spectrum recently, have begun with a very negative attitude and professionals have spent hours counselling them.
I hope certain facts are conveyed realistically in the up coming episodes. these children deserve to live with dignity. The society needs to be educated about this group to foster easy acceptance. Same applies to schools so that they agree to give opportunities to these children. I believe that if the serial does not head in the right direction, it will just land up being another family drama, besides misleading people.
Ideally a doccumentry on the Autistic Spectrum Disorders spread over a few episodes andf shown across TV channels would have been a good idea to create awareness,
Nonetheless, the serial is a good beginning and i hope it has a meaningful and logical run!
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