I finally got a chance to watch #Murderbot, and I agree that it's probably the most #autistic show I've ever seen on TV. The story is so autistic that there's an episode titled "Eye Contact". And the humans that Murderbot has to deal with are super allistic and keep screwing things up because they are so focused on communicating feelings that they miss important facts and can't react to threats. They insist that Murderbot performing "allistic human" is more important than operating according to its nature, and that makes its job harder and everyone suffers for it.

There's a great bit where a human requires Murderbot to make eye contact during a conversation just to make himself feel like Murderbot is paying attention, which actually makes it harder for Murderbot to pay attention, and it's the most authentically autistic moment I've seen on TV. I kinda want to make all the parents and teachers and managers in the world watch it so they understand that "look at me when I'm talking to you" is not something they should ever say to us.
#ActuallyAutistic