#love on the spectrum

[gotmolokoplus]

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

#love on the spectrum

[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.

#love on the spectrum

[internetkween]

#love on the spectrum

[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

#this season it is especially bad #love on the spectrum

[murphycooper]

talia and journey

#i love journey SO MUCH #love on the spectrum

[rock-a-noodle]

DANI BOWMAN IS A GORILLAZ FAN HOLY SHIT

#shut up kelly #Gorillaz #2D #love on the spectrum #dani bowman #am i surprised tho she's an animation geek

[vxncleef]

I could say a lot of good things about Love on the Spectrum, but the biggest thing is that it makes me feel better about myself. I feel like I can unmask more, accept myself more as an autistic person. I feel like I can earnestly strive for a 'normal' life regardless of what neurotypical society thinks. My entire life has been barriers by neurotypicals and this show made me realize that it doesn't have to be that way.

It makes me believe in a happy life for myself. I never ever saw that before, really ever. I wanted to marry and just assumed I never would. I wanted to parent and just assumed I never could. Nobody would ever want to be with a 'weird' person like me. I was always so different from everyone growing up and couldn't place why, or figure out what was going on. I've never seen autistic people on TV like this. Real lives, happy lives, supported and loved. There is good in the world for people like us.

Seeing Jennifer tell Abby so confidently that yeah! She has kids! Autistic people can get married and have kids! And Sharnae and Jimmy's wedding just killed me. They were both just completely themselves, lost in their emotions and nobody cared. No masking, no pretending. Just blatantly themselves, so in love and so happy. Their loved ones were plainly just happy for them, that's it. Like any other wedding. I never thought that could be real for me, but it can. And I so love that the cast members talk about how positive their experience on the show was, that's vital.

Representation does matter, but fuck. Representation in (dignified) reality TV matters so fucking much.

#love on the spectrum #this might be Pesronal As Fuck #but i grieved a lot when i found out i'm autistic #it was really hard for me even though it was a huge relief to finally be able to word what my brain was doing #this show has healed me in a lot of ways #i love these people #we are in community together #they're respected and loved and they are encouraged to seek love and healthy relationships #they are being encouraged to live lives like anyone else #i never had that #but man i am going to have that #sidenote when ronan kissed katie and was like ''hows that charm feel'' i about died

[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

#love on the spectrum #autism #autistic #actually autistic #neurodivergent

[luna-lacking]

ABBEY AND DAVID ARE MY FAVORITE

#love on the spectrum #haha

[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.

#actually autistic #level 2 autistic #autism #love on the spectrum #high support needs #representation #disabled #longer post #scary to post #autistic community #level 1 autism #level 3 autism

[tvandmoviefanpage]

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

#love on the spectrum

[laineystein]

I was supposed to spend the day running errands and cleaning our apartment but I went to the store and when I got home I sat down to fold laundry and started watching Love on the Spectrum and now it’s time for me to get ready for work and I’ve gotten absolutely nothing done because this show is SO WHOLESOME.

#love on the spectrum

[do-angels-dream-of-starry-seas]

Someday autism rep on tv and movies will be diverse. Even if I have to be the one to make it - someday, all sorts of autism rep in media will happen

For now, I have to settle and have a guilty pleasure for Love on The Spectrum

#autism #actually autistic #let.me.dream.with.autism #love on the spectrum

[eulalielatibule]

I really like "Love on the Spectrum" as an idea but I hate how much they infantilize the people. I just finished the second season and when they were talking about Dani and Adan they said that "Dani is looking forward to hitting a home run (that's a metaphor)" and it just made me mad. Like let her talk about wanting to have sex without acting like she's a child for the way she speaks.

Abbey and David were amazing and made me cry, I love those two 🩷

#love on the spectrum #actually autistic #autistic adult

[insertawkwardpeacesignshere]

All I wanna know is why they kept the part about Steve’s date being in the Israeli military when this literally just came out??? Like I was shocked they included that

#Steve deserves the world #love on the spectrum #netflix

[maladaptvs]

flipped the cutest one right side up for him

#james b jones #love on the spectrum #the giggle #butterflies ? try locusts #/ref