I had never heard of Asperger's before watching these episodes. Admittedly, I did no research and really have no more knowlegde than I did before witnessing Grey's dipiction of it.
But if it helps, (in respect to the 'touching' comment) I don't think they portrayed Dr. Dixon as enjoying human contact at all. She seemed that she never wanted to be touched other than in the more serious incident that sent her into a panic (caused by Bailey hugging her, as a matter of fact, I think).   See 6 other replies

"you seem to be one of very very few people unable to suspend your disbelief for this show, and since "medical dramas" are not at all uncommon tv shows. . . ."You have clearly never visited televisionwithoutpity.com. My complaints are fairly mild compared to some I've read on TWoP.In literary terms it's called "suspension of disbelief." Jane Eyre didn't ride a rocket halfway through her Victorian romance. Gilligan, being the goof that he is, didn't study Proust. In other words, characters in any given story don't do anything that's going to pull you out of the story and make you think about the artificial constructs that create them. --Technically speaking, that's why they fired Isaiah Washington. At some point the audience becomes more concerned about the hired actors than the plot.-- And GA breaks this rule all the time. I totally stand by my comments. Medical dramas may be common, but they are pretty much crap. The only reason why I watch GA is because the actors have found a way to make the characters their own. That and they are brilliant at creating interesting relationships. But a certain percentage of the medical aspect is almost unwatchable.   See 6 other replies

I definitely agree, Colleen. I highly doubt you will find romances going on between interns and attendings in a REAL hospital. That is another thing that makes it entertaining. The forbidden love between them. Especially between Meredith and Derek.   See 6 other replies

maybe you should write your own show. you seem to be one of very very few people unable to suspend your disbelief for this show, and since "medical dramas" are not at all uncommon tv shows, they can get very "silly" though, im sure most would agree that GA is a lot more entertaining than sitting in a real hospital, so at the end of the day, i kind of appreciate the fictional portrayal of real medical conditions because if i wanted to learn something i'd pick up a book, not the remote.   See 6 other replies

Yes, it is a fictional show. There is also this story-telling device known as suspension of disbelief; The viewer or reader should not be so distracted by the faulty mechanics of the storytelling process that they become distracted from the plot. Thus, writers and filmmakers do research in order not to embarrass themselves or disrupt the natural flow of a good story. I'm not even difficult to please in this regard. If I was, I wouldn't watch the show at all. But GA's penchant for mangling reality is well-known. (TWoP has enough commentary on that to fill a set of Encyclopedia Britannicas.) And, once again, the general population is made to feel that they understand Asperger's when they haven't. I wish that it weren't so. I wish people could tell fiction from reality, but evidence shows that they can't. So the makers have a little bit of responsibility for their subject matter.   See 6 other replies

i completely and totally understand your concern... but...
its a fictional show...   See 6 other replies