2nd episode Amer. Idol? Asperger's guy?

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2nd episode Amer. Idol? Asperger's guy?
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Fri, 01-19-2007 - 2:46am

I believe it was the 2nd episode of American Idol where they were in Seattle (it was on Wed. night) when a very peculiar (aren't they all) guy came on to audition.

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Fri, 01-19-2007 - 8:57am

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Fri, 01-19-2007 - 10:03am
I usually don't watch American Idol...I think Simon is an idiot. Unfortunately this person was most likely encouraged by his co-worker to go on the show. I did watch it with my Asperger son. Fortunately he knows better and would never embarrass himself like that. Now, my bother in-law that is another story (never diagnosed), but did something really stupid on my space for the entire world to see. I guess what I am trying to get at is that there is hope for an Asperger's person; you just must train them at a young age what is appropriate and what isn't. Also, I don't think that everyone who did a strange act on American Idol was aspergers either; there are just a lot of strange people out there.
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Fri, 01-19-2007 - 10:12am
Hi there!No I don't watch American Idol.It really sounds like they are sinking to an all time low.What has this resorted to high school style antics?Or do they have low self esteem and need to be little others to make themselves feel better?Or has American Idol been on way too long with these 3 judges and they are becoming burnt out?What ever the reason attacks like that are not funny.
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Fri, 01-19-2007 - 10:33am

It's hard to control how the world treats eachother or to save people from heartache so that's why awareness is so important. I guess we can be judged by how we treat our most vunerable. It's strange that Simon would be cuthroat to one and then be obviously kind to another. I don't know that the coworkers would necessarily be trying to dupe the person either or be evil (they very well could be, too). They could have just been trying to make a nice social white lie when asked and the person with ASD could take it very seriously and literally, as they are very well known to do. There lies the difference between the two worlds. I have a teenaged cousin who is autistic. I told him, "You're a great guy!" Although I do believe he is a great kid, it was in a socially passing context. Yet, he became very serious and asked "I am?" It really seemed to settle on him whereas most people would take as a socially passing comment.

So if a coworker were confronted with the guy singing and he asked what they thought...the most normal thing to say by most people is a white lie. "Uh, yeah, you sound great." If a coworker was asking me if they should go on American Idol, would I use my social politically correct skills and say "Why not?" or tell the person they sound horrible? Without all the social cues to be understood, without reading their expressions, etc. then he might very well take them literally and they would not understand the gravity of their socially adept skills.

A person might understand the ASD person seems slow, but being aware of how this person thinks is difficult even for families sometimes. A typical person would expect another person to get these subtleties.

The bush monkey thing was uncalled for, of course. That's going to stick with the poor guy.

I just hope that my dd can best be prepared for the realities of the world. It's a shark pool out there.

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Fri, 01-19-2007 - 11:02am

Hi there I know what you mean.I don't watch American Idol but did see on the news about one of the guys that was made fun of.I really don't think that some

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Fri, 01-19-2007 - 12:25pm

Well, we ARE talking about "Reality" TV shows here, sort of the same level of moral standards as Jerry Springer's show. As a member of the human race, I don't think we have made it all that far past the Romans and the lions.

I can't watch either one without getting ill, so I don't.

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Fri, 01-19-2007 - 2:13pm

I watch very little TV. In fact, I don't think I watch a total of 2 hours/week. And with the exception of Extreme Home Makeover (although still only rarely), I'm of the same mindframe as Sara- reality TV makes me ill. I have never watched so much as an episode of American Idol...for just this reason. I've sat through too many theatre auditions, been involved in too many casting sessions, and seen too many untalented people get their hearts broken from the rejection.

I heard on the radio that they purposely set up the auditions in Seattle because of the number "weirdos" from Seattle that had auditioned in the past? That's just gross, IMHO.

I know, I know...we live in a free country where capitalism reigns. Yes, Simon has every right to do what he does and make tons of money doing it. That's all fine and dandy...but part of that freedom, for me, means choosing to NOT watch.

Wow...I had no idea I had an opinion about American Idol. Go figure!

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Fri, 01-19-2007 - 8:47pm

OK. I am going the controversial route and am

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Fri, 01-19-2007 - 9:44pm
that was definetly not soft and fuzzy.
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Fri, 01-19-2007 - 11:14pm

Isn't that what the ivillage boards are for? To complain?

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