#Love on the spectrum

[pathetic-tboy]

put me on "love on the spectrum" and ill single handedly ruin that show by talking about sexy power dynamics and bdsm for no other reason than that they wouldnt see it coming and itd be really funny

[internetkween]

[sincerleyren]

I have very mixed feelings about Love on the Spectrum and it's representation and editing, but omg are the cast members charming and I wish the best for them all. Adan is so smooth and funny omg when Dani is talking to him about kissing and he's like "ready when you are teach!" Omg I fucking shrieked!! Also Journey and Talia? Adorable! Iconic WLW rep! I was surprised they didn't go out again but they were very sweet to each other and their communication was great. Also Abbey and David?! We're there any two souls better suited to each other?

The editing and the way they frame it from a very neurotypical/allistic lens is the worst part but I love so many of the people it features. Just wish they had more people on the spectrum in the production side.

[gotmolokoplus]

Okay, so Connor gets me. Everything he says is genuinely iconic.

[sevspins]

am i the only only person that really likes love on the spectrum?

i feel very represented by many of the people on the show who display some of my traits and some of my higher needs, i enjoy watching them because i relate to them and before i was in a relationship with my current partner, i understood what they were going through.

i always see people saying they hate the show because they “don’t feel represented” (namely people with lvl 1 autism) and that is valid but i also think the point is to showcase people who are at higher risk, who cannot hide it, who cannot just mask. and also there are lvl 1 autistics on the show so you are represented, they just aren’t the focus or the majority being shown.

im not saying everything the producers do in regards to editing is good (not at all) but i do enjoy it and i do feel represented by it.

[luna-lacking]

ABBEY AND DAVID ARE MY FAVORITE

[murphycooper]

talia and journey

[insertawkwardpeacesignshere]

Member of show: *gives very specific boundary*

Producers of Love on the Spectrum: *provides date that has the exact opposite of said boundary*

It feels like they’re intentionally trying to have the autistic person have a breakdown and that annoys me. If they were reaching out to these people via dating app, they would have asked them first if they fit those boundaries. I don’t understand why they are actively trying to make it more difficult for them to date when it can already be frustrating to date whilst being on the spectrum

[rock-a-noodle]

DANI BOWMAN IS A GORILLAZ FAN HOLY SHIT

[sunshinegremlin]

A long while ago I critiqued "love on the spectrum" and I know it was a big conversation around the internet spaces autistic people are in, but I think this video below is critical to the conversation, from someone on the show herself, Kaelynn Partlow!

It's important to ask the people in the show if they felt correctly treated and represented, and I agree that it was missing from the previous conversation.

Just wanted to share this around 💛

https://youtu.be/K3skJoWlDpQ?si=NPWYhIFa3--LgbD7

[softpng]

watching love on the spectrum and most of them have autism in a very different way than me yet it's so haunting that across the board in their different languages they're saying "the main trauma of this is the experience of being radically different and as a result lonely". like i've always had an easy time making friends, i think in part because i analyse so much socially that i pick up on people's needs, but regardless i've always felt like i'm in a little cheese dome of not really being part of things.

[la-principessa-nuova]

Did I ever mention the time my aunt literally said, in response to being called out for saying something that demonstrated a gross misunderstanding of autism, “No, I understand autism. I’ve seen Love on the Spectrum.”

[unsolicited-opinions]

Tried to watch Netflix's Love on the Spectrum.

I've rarely cringed harder in my life. A few brief observations:

1. It was made for a neurotypical audience by neurotypical creatives. The absence of ND production (with resultant, total apathy towards the ND audience) is obvious, constant, and glaring. We're subjects and objects, not viewers, not whole people.

2. It is exploitive and demeaning to its subjects. The audience is meant to find humor in what they see as social awkwardness in ND people, and to feel warm fuzzies when a pair of ND people manage to meet NT expectations for NT dating rituals.

3. If you enjoyed it, I urge you to ask yourself WHY you enjoyed it...and imagine if you'd still enjoy watching if you were watching it with me (or another autistic adult).

[thesiouxzy]

James Ugh compilation

[tvandmoviefanpage]

Abbey and David are so cute together! I love them!

[jackedjacket]

Watching Love On The Spectrum: Australia and holy shit the autism therapist they have for this season is absolute garbage.

One of the people they're following was supposed to go on a date with a girl but before that happened she messaged him saying that she has some personal stuff going on and that she actually doesn't think she's available for dating, and now this therapist is trying to tell this guy that what the girl is 'actually' saying is that she doesn't think he'll be a good partner, which is why she canceled, which....oh my god??? No she's not???? Literally where did she say that? They didn't even go on a date yet, you're literally just making things up and putting words in this girls mouth.

I genuinely do not understand the trend that neurotypical people have to assume that everyone is 'actually' saying something completely opposite to the words that are coming out of a persons mouth. Why can you not just listen to what someone is saying? Why is it so far fetched to believe that this girl has her own personal issues she's dealing with? And even if she does think this guy wouldn't make a good partner, who cares? Why can't we just take what she's saying at face value instead of convincing this guy he's a terrible person for no reason? This therapist is absolute trash.