Doctor With Aspergers Sees Emotions For The first Time | Chicago Med

[@Broccolithedog]

“I’m tired of living in a world I don’t understand” damn I felt that

[@themoonlit-wolf3773]

kimberley sian green SAME

[@MagiCz115]

Same

[@lennoxpalmer1149]

It's so sad

[@talos2384]

Kasa Jizo I feel you

[@ahmadmalik06]

no u didn’t.. he has autism not he LITERALLY can’t understand it

[@genesisonaroll1040]

In fact, he's a good doctor for acknowledging he has a problem of his own.

[@SciaticCoast89]

Yeah, despite something i heard from a doctor himself, "Doctors ignore their symptoms because they think they cant get sick"

[@winniethepooh2941]

@Lawbringer Jack doctors are the worst patients

[@TheClearwarning]

My daughter has Asperger's I consider it a superpower so does she.

[@georgemcgukin5576]

He doesn’t have a problem, the world has a problem with him.

[@lydiachineye9100]

My thought exactly

[@jamiebell5084]

"My whole life I've never understood why people treated me the way they did. I felt there had to be something wrong with me." My god, this hits home so hard it hurts.

[@hawthornss]

Yeeeeep. My heart gave a sad little pang when I heard that.

[@millieselbyeq5535]

D For Dalek i have asbergers so i could defo relate

[@themoonlit-wolf3773]

D For Dalek I KNOW RIGHT?

[@Caiyde]

This development arc for Doctor Latham ends with him struggling to perform surgery on a patient due to overwhelming feelings of empathy. He realises that while Asbergers has its negatives, it also has its positives, and it's not something he needs to fix about himself. He foregos the treatment, comes to term with his condition, and forms a beautiful friendship with Dr. Rhodes. It's such a fantastic message for the show to put out there.

[@lindakarlsson7348]

@@Caiyde Maybe he went too far with the treatment. A doctor needs to be able to read people and social situations. But if the treatment made him too sensitive or too emotional, it was good that he stopped. People with autism or autistic traits don´t need to be "fixed", they just need help and strategies to handle situations that are difficult for them.

[@xxEpicxGunnerxx]

Nice to know i have dyslexia. I read Aspergers as asparagus

[@chrystelle.]

Epic Gunner i have dyslexia as well after seeing the title

[@mabsmovies2430]

Epic Gunner same

[@ghostsarechill8595]

I don't but still read it that way

[@rattykatty1376]

Isabella Nguyen you do or you don’t?

[@elliweber8501]

Same

[@corlamoses1220]

He's a really nice doctor and did not deserve that from the other doctors. (Anyone who says 'Thank you for your Candor' is a legend, and he met that)

[@andyw.8893]

Dr Rhodes recognised it at least

[@aliceramdom.s]

its a tv show

[@harveyuwu4366]

I just want to give him a hug, the poor guy. he thinks he's broken and he's trying to fix himself :((((

[@udraj914]

he probably wont like the hug though. people in the spectrum are generally uncomfortable with physical touch :D

[@ChillingOut247]

@@udraj914 I'm autistic and I enjoy hugs, so I dunno' what you mean. I think it depends on the person just like some neurotypicals don't enjoy hugs. We just experience things more intensely, so yeah. Depends.

[@l.ibbyarmstrong]

yeah.. its so sad:(

[@08marliesm96]

@@ChillingOut247 You're right. It depends on the person. It's just a stronger tendency for ppl on the spectrum. I would also argue, that most ppl don't reqlly like a stranger to hug them.

[@aliceramdom.s]

its a tv show

[@mischa-roseelliman6040]

dr reese is so kind, she just told off the nurses who were making fun of him and then explained to him the situation

[@rachelmcnaughton9051]

"Thank you for your candor" *immediately thinks of the divergent series*

[@galaxy-chansgacha7655]

I love that series xD

[@Rigs82]

Yeah, dude.

[@saadaalsameen709]

Thought I was the only one

[@hannahxo80]

Rachel Mcnaughton me toooo

[@violet7092]

Right I never knew it was an actual word 😂

[@talieakemlo7054]

"not wrong just different wiring" i love that way of saying it. having a mental disorder doesn't mean there something wrong with you it's just different wiring! i love dr Charles!!

[@mahatmaghandi4288]

It's a developmental disability not a mental disorder.

[@NocasCC18]

You're absolutely right. Though just in case you don't know, autism is a neurotype (meaning autistic people's brains are literally just "wired" differently, from the moment they formed in the womb), not a mental illness or something like that. But I certainly love that quote, it's very touching.

[@KatzRool]

@@NocasCC18 neurodivergence is not a universally accepted idea

[@NocasCC18]

@@KatzRool what? Yes it is, its literally a diagnostic term.

[@KatzRool]

@@NocasCC18 According to whom?

[@ashieebae4120]

Those nurses infuriates me somehow. Its not funny, dr. Reese is right.

[@ashleyashleym2969]

I don't understand the "it's not funny" comment by Dr. Reese, they didn't seem to be amused by it, just that they didn't want to admit why they didn't call him.

[@nineteen96]

@i don't know :p why not?

[@Kookie_Crumb]

@@nineteen96 because thats rude

[@nineteen96]

@@Kookie_Crumb but SHE IS fat

[@depressoespresso3931]

Emmy lol i bet you wouldnt say that if the person was skinny

[@oliviateglia7144]

Can I just say, I am a nurse, and I would like to point out that Those nurses are just for this show. No Nurse would have ever done that to a doctor. We respect our colleague as much as they respect us. So please, I know they were irritating but don't associate it with real nurses.

[@jaymeeleighjx1x]

Nurses in my station are bitchy and rude and often gossip...littke concerning to a student nurse like myself

[@theyhatekath]

It's just entertainment come on

[@tiredbylife.5589]

Actually, I've seen these types of nurse before while I was working at a nursing home. Most nurses I've encountered had hearts of gold, but not all of them.

[@RiversBliss]

I have seen and heard numerous stories of Nurses lacking empathy, don't care, shouting at patients, hence they're just people, that is like saying Judges, police enforcement can't break the law. You would not believe the type of things I have heard *real* nurses do to their patients i.e. leaving them unattended for days.

[@thomasmarceldale384]

In all of my previous work the Nurses have been great BUT a lot feel as though they know better than the doctors.. so this scene is probably accuracy actually.

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

I know people with Aspergers and while some of them are very much not able to understand things such as sarcasm others learned over years and years to read the signs in people. People with autism aren't the same, it's called autism spectrum for a reason.

[@LemonSte]

Yeah if anything i'd like to see a seemingly neurotypical character be revealed to be autistic or have some small telltales signs. I'm high functioning, and most of my issues are not visible. As a child I had anger issues, learning difficulties, going on tangents about things no one was interested in, people misunderstanding me as rude because I was blunt, trouble holding eye contact so people thought I was rolling my eyes at them. My issues as an adult are more around social and health anxiety, agoraphobia, overstimulation, talking too loudly sometimes - most people never know there's something off about me except that I'm anxious.

[@emil.jansson]

MarvelousSandstone ok👍

[@wolfsquad1532]

MarvelousSandstone Aspergers is on the autistic spectrum

[@tobiokageyama7432]

wolf squad your right. It is part of the autism spectrum and I know that because my sibling has autism, it blocks his good communication and connection with others. He’s learning and I know it 👍🏻

[@PBMS123]

Aspergers is on the Autism spectrum. that's the point. Aspergers is high functioning, low autism.

[@georgiastone3025]

I'm not gonna lie, as a person with autism, the fact the title said ' doctor with aspergers sees emotion for the first time' makes people with autism look like heartless, emotionless people, which we aren't at all, people with autism know emotions because as any other we are taught them when we are young, but we sometimes may find it difficult to notice subtle things like sarcasm, jokes etc. We may not always understand what to do to help someone when they are sad but we can experience emotions and usually its a problem with portraying these emotions, but that is not the same for everybody, sometimes its the opposite, sometimes its somewhere in the middle and all of those are okay, the harmful generalisations that come with titles like this only ever make it worse for people on the spectrum, there isnt one "look" for autism its a spectrum for a reason, titles like this really enforce the negative stigma surrounding autism and its honestly sickening. Thank you for allowing me to rant 😅

[@haruka6284]

Clickbait titles be like 😅

[@hyewire]

fun fact i did a whole science fair study on autism. it intrigues me and its so amazing. first place dub

[@georgiastone3025]

@@hyewire that's so great, honestly I've been diagnosed almost a year now and nobody could tell, so its not like I was emotionless cuz I'd I was I would have been diagnosed a lot sooner🤷🏼‍♀️

[@ItsGiantCookie]

In my case I am able to show some emotions really strongly like fear, anger, love but other emotions are difficult to show and I feel many things, so many i can get overwhelmed by them sometimes. I can interpret some emotions well other are a mystery to me

[@snoodl]

hope i dont sound mean but im genuinely curious about how you percieve emotions. is it just that you struggle to comprehend them and find them easily misunderstandable, or do you genuinely not feel emotions but Learn how to feel. and how does that differ from a psychopathical perception of emotions?

[@Maerahn]

God, I LOVE Dr Latham! What a brilliant character to add into the mix. I can see him becoming a favourite for me, right up there with Dr. Charles. I'm not on the spectrum myself (I don't think...?) but somehow I felt a real connection with him and how he felt.

[@justinerivera3520]

"Thank You for your Candor", it's like I'm watching Divergent series hahaha well it's all in Chigaco!

[@JPope02]

I'm so glad someone else noticed 😂

[@alexandracohen0694]

He's one of my favorite doctors and reminds me of spock.

[@millasmolarczyk7319]

When I read the title I thought it said: Doctor With ASPARAGUS. LOL what am I thinking ?

[@vinkostipetic6570]

Asparagus I think...

[@killuanatsume]

Ok. I have asperger but I can't stop laughing asparagus this is great.

[@harvstt]

wtf it's not asparagus?😂😂 mandela effect. i could've sworn i saw it as asparagus

[@rebeccaleigh3843]

Milla Smolarczyk same lol

[@tanklesspath6099]

Uhhhhmmm so i read it as assburgers😂

[@Zero-Zero-Zero-Zero]

I am autistic, but I have been studying people and emotions ever since I was little. Emotions in movies and series are usually easy to figure out, because they are scripted and exaggerated slightly. They show exactly what they want you to see. Emotions in real life are almost impossible to figure out. You can't re-watch them and people hide what they really mean.

[@rachelcookie321]

Interesting. I have autism and I have no problem with emotions. I have one friend who I always miss when they are being sarcastic but that’s just because they are bad at it, i’m fine with everyone else. I’m pretty good at picking up when my friends are feeling sad and stuff and I’m always the friend who is good at comforting them and helping when they are sad.

[@amandalindberg-osinska5964]

I understand perfectly @zero. It has been like that for me my whole life (I’m autistic). One thing that helped me is studying psychology as well as watching movies and series. Because then it becomes easier understanding body language, and with the words they say you can figure out a timeline for their emotions! Sorry for the unhinged rant and bad English. It’s not my native language and I’m comforted that I’m not alone in feeling the same!

[@alexschofield8085]

For me I’ve always been pretty good at recognising people’s emotions but I’ve often been terrible at understanding WHY a person is upset or mad or whatever. Even when watching shows I can have trouble with it, even though I feel like shows should be easier to understand because whatever has upset a character should be clear within the narrative

[@conniekreese7165]

Title is misleading he has emotions clearly others treating him odd has hurt him , feeling and understanding are different..understing others expressing them in recognizing the meaning of the signs of them is diff

[@iurifaisca5227]

I have asperger and people usually think we have no emotions when it really is more that we don't understand or process always correct others emotions and needs, therefore we are seen as cold and that hurt us we just don't know how to express or sometimes understand what we are feeling.

[@aniekes3861]

They treated the spectrum like it was color blindness. While you can get special glasses to see colors, you can't just go through one treatment if you are on the side of the spectrum that can't read social behaviours and then suddenly see them. That's just not how it works. I am also on the spectrum but I'm very empathetic and while I can understand sarcasm and body language, I react negatively to physical touch or eye contact. Everyone on the spectrum experiences things differently.

[@LemonSte]

We take in info differently, in a nutshell, so actually it's not implausible that this treatment might work. Autism has given me crippling anxiety and overstimulation, I would try this treatment just to see if it would help that. I have little trouble with sarcasm etc except with my parents because they don't always use their face to express effectively

[@aniekes3861]

@@LemonSte The treatment will definitely work in some ways, I agree. But it won't look like that.

[@boringperson-zb8vy]

That is correct, hence it being a *spectrum* - however, Dr. Charles noticed that this doctor was struggling with perceiving others' emotions. While the spectrum isn't curable, some of it can be treatable, like understanding emotions. There are therapy options available to make it easier, especially if it makes life difficult - such as the occasional short-sighted person calling this doctor a creep.

[@wendy3212]

The special glasses that you see colour blind people put on actually don't solve their colour vision defect. The glasses merely enhance the signals of certain wavelengths and allow them to be more able to distinguish between colours. However, the colours they see will never look like what colours look like to people without colour blindness. I know this wasn't your point but don't treat colour blindness like there is a cure - there are only ways to deal with it.

[@Synthmilk]

@@aniekes3861 And what evidence do you have to back up your claim?

[@jackrobinson1073]

For a man dealing with Asperger's, I can tell you that this is does hit home with the fact that I want to fit in, just like the doctor in the episode and it's difficult to communicate with people in person and pick up on social cues. It feels like I'm Spock from Star Trek, not being able to feel anything.

[@jackrobinson1073]

@@daniell.lynchh Dealing can mean two different things. Now I'm not going to get in an argument with you because there was need to make a petty correction. I am dealing with it, because it's ruined my social life. My behaviour is "different" every now and then to the point where I don't have many friends. It is something you deal with. And it's not a mental illness, it's a mental disorder, which you can still "dealing" with. You can say that about anything. This is the last comment I post on this video, because I don't need to see your comment when are clearly uneducated. That is unless you have Aspergers then in that case it's different for everyone.

[@daniell.lynchh]

@@jackrobinson1073 yeah sorry lol, I do have Aspergers and I posted this comment at like 4am so I had no idea what I was actually saying

[@jackrobinson1073]

@@daniell.lynchh no worries

[@yamyhayden1290]

Is it only me or the way Dr. Latham speaks is very satisfying.

[@sarahj6795]

Doctor: It's not a magic bullet. Show: But, like, what if it was?

[@boringperson-zb8vy]

But it isn't. The doctor won't immediately know why she is being sarcastic and instead just outright being clear to her friend that she isn't okay with it. He's just starting to see emotion. There is only so much they can show in a one-hour episode.

[@andyw.8893]

Of all the characters on the show, Dr Latham has grown on me the most.

[@lilithkramer6698]

I have ADHD and I have found that I have some traits that are often found in those on the Autism Spectrum. I started crying when he said "Not wrong, just different wiring."

[@elladavey5470]

I have a brother who has asperges and this video was touching. It made me learn so much more and I appreciate that!!

[@rachelcookie321]

As someone with autism this video really annoyed me. It scares me that you said you’ve learnt from this because it’s not a good representation.

[@livanneberntsen2565]

No. He makes me feel safe.

[@QueenaCobra]

I just want to say I like the show I’ve been watching a lot of clips lately but I just want to point out one thing. This scene alone really reiterate our growing problem that we have in today society. We wonder why people go so long without diagnosis. We wonder why people don’t say things. At 2:35 I believe the nurses say they didn’t call the doctor because he was “creepy” And a robot. Their supposed to be his colleagues, and they are calling him creepy because he acts different and he acts different because he has asbergers. Too many people go without treatment or diagnosis because they’re afraid of what their friends family coworkers will think of them how they will talk about you behind your back. If you can’t trust the people closest to you to support you how can you expect the rest of the world. I know they don’t know that he has asbergers. But just because he’s different doesn’t mean you walk around calling people creepy

[@massy9437]

that doesnt change the fact he acts robotic and is clearly not good with telling people they family died

[@massy9437]

that doesnt change the fact he acts robotic and is clearly not good with telling people they family died

[@Midnight0Mistress]

@@massy9437 it doesn't change the fact that he still the doctor and the nurses should have consulted with him before making an asinine decision like that.

[@Thysta]

Plus, they simply don't have the right to just overwrite a rule like that because they THINK the doc is a creepy robot.

[@htoodoh5770]

@@Midnight0Mistress He never say that, did he? What he did say was that he act "robotic" and "not good with telling people their family have died". Which is true.

[@mariavi33]

As a girl with Aspergers, it irritates me with the stereotypes of us, not understanding irony or empathy. Now to start off I know that I am very high functioning, and the struggles I have is because of my insecurity about myself, and anxiety that is built up for years without the proper way to handle it. And I know that some are less functioning like this guy, and some are even less functional, but we should not let a Sheldon Cooper type guy be the only way we show people in tv shows and media. I mean I am almost happy if the guy(it's always a young man)Has sent at least committed a violent crime, even though autistic people are very rarely criminals. I think that we all feel at least some sympathy if not more but it can be difficult to show it properly, I am very nervous around anyone over the age of 3 which makes it difficult. As for irony and sarcasm, I understand it perfectly and love to use it!! The therapist who diagnosed me did not think I was suited to work with small children or people in general, which goes on official papers that can hurt my chances of working in that field. She also didn't believe I was bullied, she thought they were being ironic and that I didn't understand it. This should not be allowed to happen to anyone!! But it does happen to many people, some are placed in boxes and some don't get the diagnose because they don't behave the stereotypical way. This is in so many completely wrong!! I am sorry for my English, its not my first language. I am also sorry for my rant I am trying so hard to be able to work with small children, and since stereotypes made that more difficult I just get so angry every time I see these stereotypes.

[@perfectlytwo9254]

I am so sorry, I apologise on behalf of all the ignorant and lack of understanding people in the world. I hope it gives you some comfort that some random online, that may not understand your struggles, but sees the truth behind your words. No one deserves to feel less because of something that can not control.

[@mariavi33]

Perfectlytwo925 Thank you!! If everyone was half as understanding and nice as you, the world would be a wonderful place to live for everyone!!!

[@Star-bm6xw]

My friend with Aspergers is on the high end of the spectrum but can’t understand emotions very well

[@mariavi33]

Star I’m not saying that everyone is like me, but the stereotype that no one does is wrong.

[@zarasmith1766]

Being a female with Aspergers as well I completely get it and have always felt the same way. Lack of representation of autistic people on tv is a huge issue. The characters that are in a sense representing us have always been essentially the same person with the same traits. By doing this it ignores a whole spectrum of people with completely different struggles and personalities. Even though it’s autism the media hasn’t shown all the types which makes it difficult for people without it to understand it

[@kenzynoble5899]

This really hits home for me because of a friend I have. I wish the world would be more understanding of people on the spectrum because they could be some of the coolest and nicest people you meet. Just because they’re different doesn’t mean they’re bad people. They are brilliant people that can help our world grow and become a better place.

[@sagewilson8056]

He wouldn't suddenly see emotion, we don't lack empathy, all people might be getting confused is the difficulty for us to put our selves in someone else's shoes. We feel emotion, we recognise emotion. Don't base an episode on someone with Asperges if all you're going off is stereotypes and incorrect myths

[@massy9437]

Lilith Wilson no its different per person

[@okokokx2934]

That why it’s a showwww

[@boringperson-zb8vy]

Lilith, it is true that not everyone with autism struggles with emotions. It is literally a spectrum with a range of difficulties. This isn't a criticism of people with Asperger's. It is educating on one example of something some people with Asperger's may experience. Difficulty interpreting emotions and other human behaviour is one of them. He is also correct that there are different treatments to help with it.

[@petitesayo4542]

@@QueerNoob Just because your brother is like doesn't mean that you decide his personnalite traits are "asperger traits". There are a lot of people like your brother but I don't see you pointing out that "normal people can be like that too". What you're doing is what racists do : They see the criminals and the terrible people in one group and assume it's because they are from this group and tend to just decide that ignore all of the other terrible people in their own group. Being a terrible person depends on your personnality, not your "type" of asperger. 1 crime out of 30 is caused by mental illness so only 3%. People with mental disorders have 7 more chance to be the victims than to be criminals. People with mental disorder are systematically stigmatized. The misconception of them being dangerous is totally linked with the abuse they suffer.

[@phoenicianprince4635]

​@@QueerNoob Okay problem here, you can't be a sociopath and have Aspergers, clinically speaking there aren't any large case studies that prove it exists, now one of two things happened here, your brother is a sociopath misdiagnosed with Aspergers, or he's incredibly jaded for some reason and he acts like one. Yes people with Aspergers can miss emotions and say things incredibly out of line, but if that's all he does then that gives you no basis to call him a sociopath, on the other hand if he's manipulative, deceitful, lacks guilt and has criminal or borderline criminal behavior, then he's a sociopath. What you're doing due to your clear lack of understanding of basic psychology and neurology is accidentally spreading misinformation and perpetuating the stigmatization of mental illness and forms of ASD. If you don't recognize that, maybe you need to step back and ask yourself if there might be a reason why he acts that way and it may be your families fault.

[@corksbruh2199]

For some reason, thank you for my candor, cracked me up.

[@cheshire5274]

i got a flashback to the divergent series lol (believe its in allegiant)

[@corksbruh2199]

yeah, exactly

[@downatellojonesy7181]

"I'm tired of living in a world I don't understand" hello Dutch

[@slc679]

Sorry I don’t understand haha

[@udaythambimuthu3176]

Red dead redemption 2

[@isabellakroon522]

I have asperger syndrome, I also felt relieved when I was diagnosed with it. It’s been 7 years since I got the diagnose. People can be really mean to you, when you’re different. But that doesn’t mean that Asperger Syndrome is a bad thing!

[@Katiriaa84]

The title should be: Doctor with Aspergers understands emotions for the first time.

[@jackthemilkmaid667]

I spend most of my life feeling like I'm isolated from the average experience and that all social interactions are performed through a screen. It's nice to see a non savant syndrome person who is on the spectrum who manages to get across some of the loneliness of having an ASD.

[@fminter]

Im autistic and I had a sudden improvement as an adult, before even I knew my condition. It was the same year I started to see my first therapyst for what I perceived as a problem I couldn't identify, but it wasn't that, it was an experience I did with psychodelics. It was (and still is) like Dr Charles says, overwhelming. And exhausting. I learned a lot of the ASD from TV so I'm really interested in Dr Lathan's characters arc from here.

[@niamhmajor2733]

As an autistic person, I cannot express ENOUGH how uncomfortable this entire clip makes me. For so many reasons :(

[@samthong3305]

was it because it was accurate or inaccurate?

[@niamhmajor2733]

@@samthong3305 Aspects are accurate, but the fact they call him a robot, that he'll creep them out- I find that the general depiction (obviously, as it's a drama) is dramatised in a degree that makes autistic people seem like creepy automatons who are disconnected from the wider world. The mentions of therapies also makes me quite uncomfortable. I will however praise the inclusion of an autisitc character, and the accurate aspects of the representation.

[@niamhmajor2733]

@@samthong3305 They also treat the therapy as though it has this immediate, immaculate cure. It's, so weird. the pacing of this clip shows no development- no real battle in coming to terms with his autism- he doesn't get formally diagnosed. I don't know, something about it just doesn't present as though it was well-intentioned. Really poor representation honestly

[@parlerdisscuteretsameliore6005]

Thing is,some people are disconnected and live in their own little world. It’s actually a really big potential sign in young children for a possible spectrum diagnosis when they show behaviours like a disconnect emotionally or not being able to read the room which is very indicative. Also seriously behaviour therapy that supposed to help you make you uncomfortable, really! 😒 a specific thing that was devised to make people’s lives easier by understanding the world around them more makes you uncomfortable😡 you obviously never went so have ZERO idea what an invaluable resource it is to children and adults alike how dare you invalidate someone else’s improvement because you don’t like hearing it.smh🤦‍♂️

[@niamhmajor2733]

@@parlerdisscuteretsameliore6005 😐 I'm autistic. And know and understand how valuable therapies and services like those portraid in the video are and can be. But the show has portraid it horrifically and this representation is highly incurrate and damaging. The show could have addressed this better. Maybe consider why I may have left the comment I did before spewing the idea that I have no understand of my own disorder and the available therapies.

[@nia.d33]

This guy gets diagnosed and cured in the same day lmao.

[@Taz48930]

.i have Aspergers and it took me years to understand and see emotions, no meds, no TMS, no social skills just learning from KZbin and family....im still not 100% there but im glad im understanding now

[@rachelcookie321]

How did you learn from videos? I have autism but my emotional intelligence is very high.

[@abby03827]

Love Chicago med

[@killuanatsume]

I have asperger and I may have a problem with irony and sarcasm but I do know about emotion and I have sympathy and emotions.

[@camerontraer3136]

I'm so glad they brought awareness to this. As someone with Aspergers, it makes a world of difference

[@ShadowMichaelFawcett]

I've got it too and it does hit home. Maybe someday there will be a 'magic bullet' for it, to use Dr Charles' phrase. We can only hope, but pending that, at least there are some treatments that can somewhat mitigate the effects.

[@aebeeceeonetwothree1377]

Those nurses were so rude... This made me respect Dr Reese more 😊

[@sarahgardiner1649]

Those nurses were putting the patient’s family first, not being rude.

[@jennyblue42]

@@sarahgardiner1649 They were being very rude, calling him creepy and going behind his back. And not to mention incredibly unprofessional.

[@AlexHyena1]

as someone who has overcome alot of the burdens that comes with having Asperger's, it really does feel like you've had your eyes closed to so many things that feel so obvious to a regular person

[@lunalove9395]

i love dr lathan! wish he got more storylines

[@agentburningbutters3655]

I dont know why, but I feel like Dr Reese also seems to barely express any emotions ever since she stood up for the rule that she shouldnt be afraid or anything like that.

[@JULIAN-ny4se]

My sister has the same diagnosis as the doctor. Had the same expiriences, same understandings, same ways of saying things. She's heading to college knowing a therapist. She can help herself but at the same time its like she stays 15. All she ever needed was love and support.

[@lucymcdonald2874]

I can see some of the good in this and portraying how difficult it is living with a spectrum disorder, but they make it out like we're all unfeeling robots that can't recognise emotion. Some have particular traits that are stronger than others and it's less of a sliding scale and more of a segmented, gradient circle

[@kkav4586]

It's not like he doesn't know WHAT emotions are. He just has a harder time reading them and picking up signals. Pls make those titles more accurate by heavens

[@gordygohard]

After discovering my depression diagnosis and being treated I felt the exact same way. Good on you writers! Wasn't that fast but it's like looking at life through a dull filter.

[@TrucSale]

So very well played and written, wow. A great show.

[@ALPHADARKFANG]

i have autism and i understand all emotions perfectly

[@jayjayrai5283]

He is sooo innocent I feel sorry for him 😔😔😘😘

[@avlang8418]

The title my god. This is why I don’t tell ppl about my ASD lol all they think about is this

[@SomebodysVincent]

To those with family/relatives on the spectrum - they are not wrong. They are not "broken" or anything. They are just wired a little different, like the doctor says. Please treat them with dignity and respect, and just ask them how they want to be "handled", meaning what you could do to make space for them. I'm autistic as well, and that's some things that helps other people learn about an ASD.

[@harveyuwu4366]

as someone with autism (not Aspergers tho) I get. the world operates in a way you don't don't understand. it can seem like the only way to be happy is it to fix it. but you're not broken. it's NOT a mental illness, it's not something wrong with you. it's a natural variant, like a different eye colour or hair colour. it's just the way your brain is. it can be amazing and help you. I'm assuming that medicine was dr. Lathan's special interest and it obviously makes him happy, so he owes that to his autism. it's heartbreaking to see him think that he's broken.

[@tamajwright7795]

That last clip got me so emotional wow

[@honeyspook6739]

this was a really beautiful thing to watch

[@urbnversace3336]

People with Asperger's learn to read people over time & they'll pick up on your nastiness & hit you right back with it. They're actually proper clever.

[@monicacassar3549]

Omg I just want to give him a hug.

[@jamesanthonyturley]

It is false what most think of us. I know sarcasm and know how to react in my own way. I have Aspergers syndrome which most people tell me I am a child when I am a adult. But today I am being evaluated so that I can have a card telling people I am a adult, I do understand, I am a manual learner and I can finally act myself with out people thinking I am a hazard.

[@shannonmenendez4559]

“Thank you for your Candor” DIVERGENT REF 😌

[@KurtCobainsMicrophone]

It's really..... not. Candor is an actual word. Used for decades before Divergent even existed.

[@bornabogdan3536]

WHO LOVES DR CHARELS LIKE

[@racheldisk4812]

I don't know what's worse: Dr. Lathan being judged behind his back like that or Dr. Reese being forced to do things just because she's a resident.

[@milescorrigan7186]

am i the only one who gets Captain Holt vibes from the doctor?

[@sharonapadalecki9923]

Yeah! Definitely! He could even play a younger Holt if he modified his way of talking.

[@cybernautadventurer]

Interesting fact, which I've learned personally: when they reach adulthood, a lot of people with autism become really good at masking it. I've met several people on the spectrum as adults, and I never suspected a thing until they actually mentioned having it. Only then did I notice subtle signs of it. Don't despair if you're on the spectrum. With age and maturity, it's amazing how well people with autism become at dealing with it. 95% of the time they seem like every other ordinary individual.

[@7bibi89]

LOL i didn’t see the whole title so i just thought that he could really see people’s emotions like a superpower

[@enasal-qawamshe374]

Dr. Latham is underrated

[@saloni3912]

Is it just me who wonders how overwhelming it would be to feel so many emotions that you've never felt before all at once? Like every where you look, there's someone that's feeling an emotion that you could not have realised before but now you do?? Like it seems unmanageably overwhelming just thinking about it.m

[@user-sc4vr7cx5c]

Like Dr Latham I was relieved and happy when I got diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome.

[@emilie.oegendahl]

wow... this TOTALLY makes me feel good about my autism...

[@viruz883]

i suffer with asperges syndrome and ive always struggled to connect with people socially and during my years in secondary school i found it super hard to make friends and i hated it. But recently my life has taken a 180, i love myself and i love my life and i am one of the most outgoing people out there socially because i came to realise that what makes me different makes me unique and special, and ive come to completely love myself for it. If i didnt have asperges i wouldn't be who i am today and i've come to love myself for that fact and im proud that im different and im proud that im unique because it makes me who i am.

[@jeannetteburgess2745]

So good to hear..Well done!!

[@Czadzikable]

Having watched Dr Latham's portrayal in other season 2 episodes, I really like Dr Latham's character and think that his portrayal overall is actually spot on as an example of a "high-functioning", intelligent, high-achieving autistic individual (it's just this portrayal of this unrealistic "treatment" that is ridiculous). But something that really bothers me about this season of Chicago med is how he himself and all the doctors and nurses seem so painfully unaware of his autism. Like, when his character is first introduced there's this whole thing about Dr Rhodes finding him weird and difficult to work with and not understanding his behaviour - but it's so blatantly clear that Dr Latham is just autistic and surely any doctor (including himself) should have enough of a basic grasp of what autism is (through their medical training), to recognise it in Dr Latham! ...Though perhaps I just wish they did, but I know that in reality the medical training in most places probably doesn't (or at least didn't used to) cover autism sufficiently, so there are a lot of doctors out there who unfortunately seem to have no clue... Still though, at least in the UK most doctors a lot more aware than how it's portrayed in Chicago Med, where they all seem to be so clueless about it.

[@skylarmerigold6920]

I keep reading that a doctor with an asparagus sees the emotions for the first time.

[@edaphus]

Next step: smelling colors

[@celestepepper1053]

U CANT SMELL COLOURS, OMG U POOR HUMAN!!!

[@megshipleysgames4041]

I love this character and to see he has what I have makes me love him more

[@8bennaboo]

I was relieved about my aspergers too. I would never want to be treated or 'cured' of my autism, it is not a disease.

[@mahatmaghandi4288]

I'd do almost anything to treat or cure mine.

[@8bennaboo]

@@mahatmaghandi4288 But then who would we be? Without that huge part of our personality?

[@mahatmaghandi4288]

@@8bennaboo A happier and better functioning person. Having autism is not my entire identity, it's just been an obstacle in almost everything I do with the exception of schoolwork. But I can't even use that for anything, because of my depression and social anxiety(which is caused by my Asperger's). Also as a man it makes it near impossible to get a girlfriend.

[@sleepl0l]

That was an extremely disrespectful action from those nurses and lying to his face to the very end knowing why "he's a robot" just shines a light on their character

[@kierstanfaulks]

I wanna see more dr Lathan

[@JabamiLain]

I am Asperger and I can tell you, I would NEVER go throught that brain alteration proccess. I would rather not understand the world than give up what distinguishes me from other people !

[@genius2655]

I also found out Austin spectrum symptoms, and I experience a high majority. My parents disagree however, though my sister is autistic with an intellectual disability. They often refuse to take me to institutes where I can seek confirmation in regards to diagnosis. The only reason I got diagnosed with Anxiety, OCD and Anorexia, is when my Anorexia became so bad that they forced me to go to a doctor. It’s rather frustrating, and eventually I aim to take myself to get diagnosed

[@stupidben999]

Dr. Latham is kind of fun.

[@LemonSte]

I don't think "seeing emotions for the first time" is the right way of putting it.

[@aurora_skye]

A lot of people with asperger's can feel emotions, though.

[@cessnacitation-x]

when did it say people with Asperger's couldnt?

[@Sarge92]

i have aspergers and this offends me its a stereotype whilst we do have troubles with certain social cues and it veries person to person were not lifless emotionless robots grrrrr

[@UkTyphoon]

I think he is supposed to be a extreme case

[@svenapeldoorn681]

I have aspergers too and this is real

[@maze4843]

the 2 girls in the start WHaT ThA FuKk

[@tindalowos]

i have autism and i found a good way to learn emotions was to study why those emotions manifest (aka psychology), now i understand and help the people i know with their problems

[@uzesamaX]

Actually I find Latham less scary than more "emotional" doctors. In the middle of awful situations, I want the hard truth and get over it asap, not "comforting" doctors that pretend that understand how you feel

[@jericholacey5611]

I can't believe Nobody likes him, and by the way he's not a robot he is a man. A good man that save lives like any doctor.

[@brube5521]

WHERES MY SUPER SUIT

[@roboguard96]

It’s not that people with autism or AS don’t see emotions, it’s more the interpretation of emotion from others that can be an issue.

[@whoviangirl3878]

This guy is kind of like doctor Keogh in Casualty

[@boringperson-zb8vy]

Oh man, I miss him. He's one of the best.

[@shoshafogel4780]

The staff mistreated Dr. Latham should be fired immediately.

[@DiamondAviator4]

Woah mate, let’s not go that far. They should be punished though.

[@mungaimacharia7748]

Imagine him never having 2 feel bad for getting bs’d🤷🏽‍♂️

[@abigailbrome9412]

this doctor just hits home he is everything I want to be If I do decide to be a doctor just the female version

[@gabrielamertena3227]

3:45 ANY DIVERGENT FANS OUT HERE?!?!🖤🔥🎡

[@wubbie8152]

YESS candor would be the faction i'm in 😂

[@kara.midnight]

Helloo

[@jacksonbrooker3585]

dr lathan is now my favorite person ever.

[@panicattheeverywhere8878]

The thing with me is that I have Aspergers and when I see that clip of the woman, I know she’s being sarcastic but I’m still confused like a little voice in my head is still doubting it and making me even more confused because I know that she’s being sarcastic but it doesn’t register in my brain correctly

[@Czadzikable]

my understanding is that this is to do with how people on the autistic spectrum tend to have to learn to recognise those signs in a different way from most other people who kind of just "get it" inherently from a young age - it's like, the brain has to learn to use a different process. I work in a school for high functioning autistic kids and understanding others' emotional signals and sarcasm is usually something they really struggle with when very young, but often become much better at with age. - Sometimes, even much better than neurotypical people, as they might be more observant and may actually put in more conscious effort and pay more attention to the details of others' behaviour (my long term boyfriend is like that too) - but their way of understanding and experiencing it probably feels different from the neurotypical way of doing it. And because it's not just an inherent background thing, but something that they have had to learn and apply, it takes more effort, so social interactions tend to be more tiring and draining.

[@jesstd]

Dr lathan is honestly a sweetheart