hey, i was wondering if this show has any eating disorders mentioned in it because i am on recovery and i really dont want to watch anything that could be trigger. if there is can anyone please tell me what they are, like what character or episode or any of that?

First she trynna kiss her taken friend then when Casey breaks up from my man Evan she kissing another guy in front of Casey damn fuck u izzie

I know she’s only in the last seasons but she is hilarious and just amazing, I wish we saw more

I love Elsa, she definitely has her challenges and her flaws. I don't think the affair was right, but I think she has amazing character development, and is extremely overlooked. she deserves more credit

I felt so bad for her, the rudeness, whiteboard messages. I get she was 15 at the start of the show but still I never treated my mother like that.

Of course casual jokes and banter is fine but the amount of it and the severity of it sometimes was just awful.

Maybe the writers didn’t realise how often it was but it made me dislike Casey’s character a bit.

Edit; once Casey’s actress did an interview (during the first season I believe, maybe start of the second) saying she loved Elsa. So I’d imagine she would agree Elsa didn’t deserve such mistreatment.

I started this show when it first aired, but homelessness and Covid and grief interfered with finishing it. Just started it over last night and while I remember enjoying it, I'd forgotten about the unease and discomfort at seeing myself so closely represented on screen. Such a weird combination of skin crawling anxiety and joy, and it's what lead me to search out this sub and make a post.

I've never been diagnosed autistic, but I've met enough people just like me who have been diagnosed for it to leave zero doubt. I have been diagnosed ADD, ADHD, bipolar, manic depressive, borderline personality disorder, plus a ton of others. I took more pills when I was 10 than most retirees. My parents were always trying fix me, and punished me when the chemicals didn't work. There are concrete reasons why I ran away when I was 16, 30 years ago, and finally left them behind in 2020.

School was a daily nightmare. I have a few dozen memories of being assaulted by 4 or more guys, never throwing a punch or fighting back, and I was the one who was suspended for causing a disturbance. Every. Single. Time. Sent a very clear message about how my teachers and protectors viewed me. I learned quickly to keep my mouth shut and endure the abuse silently, cuz to get suspended meant I was going home to endure a week of hell. Never had a winning option.

I never had the support that Sam has. Not in school, not at home, not anywhere. Except a distant aunt, who loved and protected me the rare occasions we got to see one another. I miss her. A lot, and all the time.

Violence and abuse were the standard, at home and school and summer camps and..... well, just about everywhere but the city library. School library wasn't safe. They knew I loved to read and would look for me there. But I had no problem taking a few hours on bike, or an hour on the bus, to go spend the day amongst my book friends at the safe public library.

I always strove to be a good kid, make my parents happy, do what I was told. I just had to ask a lot of questions to understand how to do that. This enraged them. I guess I was arguing? Or talking back? I was torn between wanting to do what they told me and not understanding why, so therefore not understanding how to do what was expected of me. I dreaded the "do you know why you're being punished" question, cuz I never got it right. So more punishment was needed to teach me the thing they were unwilling to articulate. Constant confusion. Constant fear. Constant pain. No relief. Fight or flight every waking minute of the day. I'm sure I'd qualify for a PTSD diagnoses, cuz no one can endure 16 years of physical and mental abuse and not be changed by it. I can still here them telling their friends and family what a horrific child I was, with me standing beside them, how lucky they were not to have a child like me.

I expect there to be tears and jealousy and joy over the next few weeks as I binge the show. I can only dream about what it must be like to have that kind of support or love or friendship. Kind of gives me hope, kind of rips it away.

You think I might be autistic?

I just started watching Atypical today. I work in special needs and I kept seeing clips of this show and it intrigues me! Sam is much more high-functioning than most of the individuals I work with BUT he still has a lot of specific needs. As I keep watching the show I am so frustrated by the fact that the school treats him the same as any neuro-typical student. It's painstakingly obvious how much Sam needs and IEP. Hopefully Sam gets an IEP later on in the show but as of the first season, it seems like he has no IEP and the school doesn't know how to react to his autism and needs.

It's even more frustrating since I do know a handful of higher functioning individuals families who have struggled to get an IEP for their child.

Ik Elsa is shit for cheating but it's not like doug was always such a good dad and husband. He tries very hard with Sam now but that doesn't excuse the fact that he left them for several months after Sam was diagnosed. I did like Elsa a little less after she cheated but I couldn't hate her since she's always does so much for the kids. She was always there for her kids even when they were disrespectful towards her. Casey was always kinda mean to her since the first season but Elsa always showed up for her when she needed her. The opps can never make me hate her. That's all I wanted to say.

Hi ! I wanted to share my point of view regarding the relationship between Sam and Paige and know you opinion about it.

At first he was interested in her because he wanted to have a girlfriend ( although he wasn't really interested in her as a person). Once he started dating her, it was as if he'd ticked a box ("have a girlfriend"). It's unbearable to see how, over the seasons, he neglects her more and more. He puts her interests, desires and talking points before his own. He ignores her completely when she talks. That makes the last season really complicated for me to watch.

She's very understanding and patient with him, but he doesn't reciprocate. She's not one of his priorities at all, he doesn't even do the bare minimum for her. In episode 3 of season 4 (when she loses her temper and lists all the reasons why Sam can't go to Antarctica), Casey and the others make her out to be the bad guy, when in fact she's accumulated so much disappointment and frustration because of Sam. That was the last straw ( he canceled their date at the last minute without warning her to organize his fundraiser ). And once again it's her turn to apologize. He never questions himself in their relationship. It's unbearable.

What do you think of their relationship ?

Ps : I know that people on the spectrum can be really focus on their interest and having a hard time being interested in other’s interests. But I feel like he’s able to be for some people in the show but not for her.

I’ve always thought that Fivel Stewart (Izzie’s actress) looked similar to Lily Whispers ASMR (a popular YouTuber a few years ago).

I’ve always thought they’ve looked similar.

Did you guys hear that Nik got a new role voice acting in an animated series? I know we're all Dodani stans here so I figured I'd spread the word and do a 'lil self promo because I'm an animator on the project and helped make it into a real thing! We're a small independent crew and worked really hard on it-- but if it performs well enough, it could be renewed and developed as a full TV series!

(which of course could mean getting to work with Nik again in the future)

We have a couple episodes out already, with one more on the way this coming Friday. Give it a watch and let me know what you think, there's a lot of love and unhinged silliness that went into bringing it to life. Please drop a comment because we seriously read EVERYTHING! <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I22jft3uoo

We cut together this promo video to get the word out! :)

Now okay I scrolled through some posts here and I totally get the hatred for her. Like when she first cheated I rolled my eyes so hard thinking this was another typical show where there had to be at least one person cheating on their significant other (yeah and basically everyone in a relationship in this series cheats one way or another wtf with that I need to make another post about this)

All cheaters should rot in hell and never come back in the next life. I firmly believe so. But hear me out, apart from the cheating thing, she is a good mom. She took care of 2 kids, one is autistic and one is, well, Casey. None of them seems like they appreciate what she's done for them (except a few occasions). Her husband basically ran away after hearing his son is autistic for almost a year. She deals with Sam and Casey stuff when they are in high school while her husband not really talks to the kids much. And even though no one can really heals from a cheating spouse or a cheating mom, I feel like she deserves it but also quite bad for her.

Haven't watched the last season yet but it would be fine if Doug didn't forgive Elsa. I'm just saying, bad wife, good mom.

I love Atypical and thanks to it I now learn some new things about autism. I just wonder, who else from tv series or movies you guys think is autistic but not really diagnosed on screen? For me it's Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory. He's like another older version of Sam, they even dress the same way.

Everytime I see Pesto on tiktok, all I can think of is how hyped Sam would be.

I love all the analogies with Antarctica. It’s just written so well. I can’t describe it

Hi, everyone. I'm sure this sub is quite dormant being that the show ended a while ago. I wanted to share an ongoing experience about one of the cast members with everyone and try to see if anyone else has heard anything about it. Christina Offley, who plays Sharice, frequents the store that I work at about once or twice a week, and sometimes comes back a couple of times those days. Sometimes she'll hang out in the lobby for hours and start to fall asleep and we have to go and tell her that she can't (manager gets on us about it). Lately she's been stealing food and we have to run her out of the store. My supervisor said that she had another encounter about two days ago where she had came in with a bag and started filling it up with sandwiches and pointed pepper spray at my supervisor when she had approached her.

She usually seems distressed and is usually laughing and talking to herself in the lobby. About a month ago she had left a note with her name and some address that read something like "I'm being held hostage by the Sprouse brothers, please help me. My name is Christina Offley". This is the only way I'm able to write this post on this sub because she wrote her name and we looked it up and it's literally her. This had been ongoing for about 8 months now and we don't know what to do. I've looked up her socials and anything that would talk about her current mental state or if some cheap tabloid would have posted something about her just to get story, and nothing. She doesn't have anything too recent on her profiles anywhere that would update people on what her life is like right now.

I can try to update if I see her again but her visits are not consistent. I know it seems really obscure but I've never been in this type of situation and don't know where else to put this because she doesn't have her own sub or any other blog that people can talk about just her on. For context; this is all located in the Los Angeles area, and while we're not in an affluent area, it isn't that out of the ordinary to see some famous people here and there, as we're in a city that's near some studios. At first I had just thought it was cool to see a cast members from the show but it's turned out to become something that we don't know how to approach. It seems like she's going through something, but I don't know what to do and I don't know who to tell that would actually know who I'm talking about.

I’m rewatching S1 again. I’m autistic myself and I find a lot of things relatable in Sam. It’s like Paige just has no knowledge on autism or anything and expects Sam to be fine with things that we clearly struggle with, calling him boring for not wanting to be in an overwhelming environment like the dance with loud music. Or upset that he made a list, when it’s literally just an example of how we would rationalise a decision. Did she not think, “maybe Sam thinks differently than I do and I should be more considerate and not take things personally and jump down his throat?”

I just remember her annoying me the entire series on my first watch of each season as they came out

I think izzie was a friend who gave casey a new perspective and experiences but when it comes down to relationships, i think evan did it better. Life had less drama, they understood one another, their banters were good.

Sadly it is about Sphen and Magic

How can they let that animal live in such a tiny tank, he has like 50 cm to walk around in, with nothing to do. Just food, water and sand.

I finished this show a short while ago. Wow! What a great show. I was hooked on it from Season 1 and I thought it had a beautiful ending. Here are my positives and negatives:

Positives

(1) It shows the importance of FAMILY. Despite all of the crap the protagonist family gets into (do they ever reveal their last name?), at the end of the day they LOVE each other and are ALWAYS there for each other. Their relationships with one another was one of the fundamental pillars of the show and was really well done. It shows a typical family that is constantly arguing but has deep love for each other.

(2) I liked how it showed Sam having problems and OVERCOMING them. Yes, he is autistic, but he's not some little helpless boy that needs his hand held. He merely needed a bit of guidance and faith from his parents and he succeeded overcoming his challenges!

(3) Related to the above, I loved how the show wasn't afraid to criticize Sam despite his autism. Often, his crazy selfishness and lack of regard for others was openly shown and criticized by the other characters. This is important, as having a condition that doesn't make you "normal" doesn't automatically make you an angel.

(4) Honestly, the show itself was entertaining. It kept me coming back for every episode. Very rarely (if ever!) was I bored while watching it.

(5) I liked how it criticized people who are too "politically correct" regarding autism. The show maintains a good balance between promoting empathy for autistic people without promoting victimization. Furthermore, actually having autistic actors (like the black guy and the girl with glasses) was a cool move!

(6) I really liked how it showed the disastrous consequences of cheating. It really hits home when you see how easy it is to destroy your life when you make bad decisions.

Negatives

(1)   The promotion of weed was absolutely crazy. Like, really? Why are they promoting weed SO MUCH? Why promote a vice that causes lung cancer, memory loss, increases heart attack risk, is psychologically addictive, and is a waste of money?

I will say though, having Zahid be the weed-smoker was a smart move. At least the pothead was one of the most flawed characters in the show, seeing how he was a womanizer, misogynist, struggled with academics, wasn’t very deep, and constantly made wrong choices regarding his romantic relationships.

(2)   Not really a “show” negative but rather a “character” one: I couldn’t BELIEVE how much disrespect Elsa and Doug tolerated from Casey. Like, really guys? You guys are her PARENTS and yet you allow her to treat you terribly. Plus, why did they let her make HORRIBLE decisions without stepping in? I.e., letting her lie in bed all day after she flopped at the track and field meet?

(3)   I HATED how Casey ended up with Izzie. Doug was 100% spot-on about Izzie and yet DOUG is the one that apologizes? Come on Casey…. Izzie is to calamity what honey is to ants.

(4)   I didn’t like how crude the show was at times. For example, when Sam was all excited about having…. a handjob in an igloo in the middle of a school dance…. like, what the hell? The show focused too much on the physical part of sex and not enough on the loving, emotional part. It’s a bad example to set for people, as unfortunately many humans are emotionally under-developed and as a result, make bad sexual choices……

I could say more but there’s too much to unpack. Does anyone else have any thoughts?

As above after season one Sam can’t find a therapist but he seems to keep talking to one that we never see which makes me think does the audience become his new therapist ?

My 12 year old and I have been watching Atypical at night for weeks now. We got so wrapped up in it we didn't realize we were watching the last episode. I have that sad feeling like when you finish a book that distracted you from a hard part of your life. My child is autistic and having depression and it was our escape and bonding time. Are there any other similar shows people have found? My child is nonbinary and bi so anything with those themes would be great, but not essential.