For every fan who enjoyed the show, there was another who deemed it ' offensive' thanks to inauthentic storytelling and some regressive stereotypes. By centring a sitcom around an autistic character like Sam, there was a chance here to provide an entire community with some much-needed representation.īut when the first season dropped, autistic viewers were divided.
And at first, it did seem like this show really was going to deviate from the norm in important, meaningful ways.
Atypical season 4, episode 9 spoilers follow.īack when Atypical first arrived on Netflix, it came with the tagline 'Normal is overrated'.
