by myrealnamePeople with autism, almost by default, have AsPD, or at the very least display the same symptoms due to their absolute lack of Theory of Mind.
What are you talking about? The two are very different disorders and about the only thing that have in common is lack of empathy.
I'm a strong believer if a person can be created for movie purposes
(minus magical powers and obvious other things) they can exist...so
misrepresentation of what?where do you see the misrepresentation of AsPD? what movie has said AsPD?
Okay, everything you see in a film, television advertisement, billboard is a representation of something that isn't there. The things you are looking at are not the thing that is being represented. In a film, everything from character to camera angle pertains to and incurs upon the representation of whatever object/person/place is being represented.
When a representation of something is crafted, a screenwriter, or example, takes into account how he/she wants you to perceive a character and alters how the character is represented accordingly.
Take a look at how Dexter is represented and then ask yourself how he is represented.
Do his qualities outweigh his failings? Are his strengths the result of the characters supposed AsPD? Is he represented in a good or bad light? Does his AsPD give him a superpower in some way? Blah, blah, blah...
Then we have Hannibal Lecter, who I cannot be bothered going into.
Essentially, you cannot argue that sociopaths/psychopaths are not fetishized or mythologized in modern media. By making people with this disorder (anti)heroes will make people want to be these character and since their overriding and defining character trait is AsPD you will make people want to have this disorder, ergo you will find people pretending to have this disorder. I can't believe you made me write a (half-arsed) essay.
As for misrepresentations, I would argue that, considering these characters are fictional and thus clinically unorthodox, they are all misrepresentations of individuals with AsPD.
by Zach_31Don't flatter yourself. You are not special at all for me to get "butthurt" over you..
Who said anything about being special?
I just think you're too sensitive and emotional, like certain other people here. You lot seem to get butthurt very easily.
Not only that, you're pathetically weak. You follow each other like a flock of sheep when you guys try to attack me here.
I can almost hear you bleating, lol.
You are just a wannabe hollywood psychopath cliche.
That's your delusional perception of me. It's not reality.
I don't even really know if I'm a psychopath or not because I've never been officially tested for psychopathy. In fact, I doubt anyone here has. The only diagnosis most people like me are given is AsPD and, in some cases, AsPD doesn't necessarily equal psychopath.
I think the big difference between autism and psychopathy is communication. Psychopaths have cognitive empathy and communicate easily. Where as those with autism tend to lack cognitive empathy and therefore, struggle in social situations.
A fine example of that would be Josh who was diagnosed with Aspergers. He thinks he's a psychopath, but the differences are all too obvious.