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Autismspectrumdisorder(ASD):ASDincludesautisticdisorderandothersyndromesthathave
autisticfeatures.ItalsoincludesAspergersyndrome,whichcausesdifficultiesincommunication,
social interactions, and repeated actions, and savant syndrome, where a person is a genius with
a brain disorder at the same time. Many of those who have ASD show struggles with social
communication including language usage and reading emotions, and also show perseverative
behaviorsandextremelynarrowinterests.However,thesecharacteristicsvarybyindividual.
▶TherearediversecharacteristicsofASD.
ASD includes diverse forms and extents. Thus, the term
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representative cannot specify any features, and the meaning
of “spectrum” breaks when one gives representation to
IstheMediaGlamorizingAutismSpectrumDisorder?
a typical characteristic. Kim Byung-keon, a professor in
“Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” which saw a spike in viewer
the Department of Early Childhood Special Education at
ratings of the broadcasting company ENA from 0.9 percent
Korea Nazarene University, who advised on the drama
to 17.4 percent, is embroiled in controversy, along with its
“Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” said, “Thinking of Woo as
popularity. The most noted dispute is that Woo Young-woo,
a representative of all with ASD and saying the drama is a
theprotagonistoftheshow,glamorizesASD.Theyarguethat
distortion is a misunderstanding of ASD. It is prejudicial to
the ASD character, an attorney of a big law firm who has a
assume everyone with ASD is the same.” He added, “Those
talented memory with a
with ASD like Woo can surely exist,” mentioning that Elon
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cuteface,isafarcryfrom
Musk, a famous entrepreneur, Albert Einstein, a scientist,
reality, claiming that this
and Temple Grandin, a zoologist, also have autism spectrum
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kind of ASD represents
disorder.SocietyisforcingWoo,whoisjustoneofthemany
only 1 percent of ASD
withASD,tobearepresentativewithoutfullyknowingabout
cases. They worry that
ASD.
ASD characters like Woo
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can cause the public to
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misunderstand that all
with ASD are geniuses.
Bae Seong-eun, the
parent of an ASD child,
said that her younger
▲The drama “Extraordinary Attorney
son asked what kind of
Woo” brought many controversies
withitsfame.
ability his ASD brother
▲ElonMusk(L),AlbertEinstein(M),andTempleGrandin(R).Eventhough
had in an interview with Yonhap News. She expressed bitter
they all have ASD, they are recognized as specialists in their respective
feelings,fearingthatpeoplearegettingthewrongimpression
fields.
about ASD. Many parents of ASD children apart from Bae
think “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” is distorting ASD and
IsASDtheFaultofParents?
intensifyinginappropriateprejudices.
However, the claim that the drama “Extraordinary
“Malaton” is a Korean movie about a son with ASD and his
Attorney Woo” glamorizes ASD is rather a bias made by
mother walking together toward their dream. Likewise, the
misunderstanding ASD. As the word spectrum shows,
movie“HouseofCards”depictedthelovebetweenadaughter
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