This director's really talented! My Mister was a masterpiece, and the direction captured the "beauty and healing in the mundane/slowburn" and "realistic, gritty everyday life" dichotomy so perfectly. It was wonderfully atmospheric, and a really very transformative work of art.
There was a lot of discussion at the time about that being a translation issue. Not sure what subs you were watching…
I'm autistic too & the words they used, like "cures" and "treatments" bothered me too, as somebody who would be horrified at the thought of either—but the show grew on me as it went (and it spoke to a lot of my experiences, as somebody who adapted more and more as I grew older).
It's been a couple months and might not be relevant—you might've seen it, and you might not agree with me, but I think they did a good job of showing how learning to live as an autistic person ("functionality", it's often called) is something he had to learn, is not linear, and when he struggles, is generally more of a response to stress, or a lack of control in the external world. It's not something I've seen explored a lot outside of this, and I related to a lot of the ways he thought about the world as the show went on. I never expected to find the depiction as nuanced as I did.
TLDR; if you (or somebody else checking the comments) looking for an entirely perfect and flawless representation; it's probably not. The way that the language was used and/or translated made me uncomfortable sometimes.
However if you want something where an autistic person grows (doesn't "overcome" or "outgrow" his traits), but is still seen as valuable both for his work ethic and caring, thoughtful "outside of the box" personality, and where pretty much everybody has a progressive arc—it's pretty good on that front, and I liked it a surprising amount.
It's been a couple months and might not be relevant—you might've seen it, and you might not agree with me, but I think they did a good job of showing how learning to live as an autistic person ("functionality", it's often called) is something he had to learn, is not linear, and when he struggles, is generally more of a response to stress, or a lack of control in the external world. It's not something I've seen explored a lot outside of this, and I related to a lot of the ways he thought about the world as the show went on. I never expected to find the depiction as nuanced as I did.
TLDR; if you (or somebody else checking the comments) looking for an entirely perfect and flawless representation; it's probably not. The way that the language was used and/or translated made me uncomfortable sometimes.
However if you want something where an autistic person grows (doesn't "overcome" or "outgrow" his traits), but is still seen as valuable both for his work ethic and caring, thoughtful "outside of the box" personality, and where pretty much everybody has a progressive arc—it's pretty good on that front, and I liked it a surprising amount.