Extraordinary Attorney Woo, a series that makes it easier to understand children with autism
Geniuses are often encountered in K-dramas, especially in the medical or lawyer industry, but Netflix’s Extraordinary Attorney Woo is something special. Because the leader, don’t woo young woo That’s a genius lawyer with autism.
Extraordinary Attorney Woo Tells the story of Woo Young Woo (played by Park Eun Bin), a young lawyer who is autistic. who just started working in Hanbada Law Firm She had to overcome the small obstacles of daily life like revolving doors. to bigger obstacles like finding a way to win a lawsuit, prejudice and misunderstandings of others. Including confronting her own past and many more stories that are ready to come into her life at any time
Fun, cute, heartwarming and fresh, Extraordinary Attorney Woo was well received by viewers. And there is a contact to buy a license to be remade into an American version. The trend of actors and their pay has jumped as far as the ratings. which soared as high as 15.78% in Episode 9 until it was able to enter the top 10 of the all-time highest rated series on the Korean cable channel. Which must be credited to the integrity of the script, the actors, the crew, the director and the production that invested more than 20 billion won.
Lately, we’ve seen more and more autistic characters in K-drama. because in addition to the fact that the series with autistic characters has always been well received And with the current support for diversity (Diversity), which covers neurological diversity or Neurodiversity This is the idea that people have different brain functions and behaviors. This may be partly because the number of people with autism in Korea seems to have continued to increase over the years, according to a Statista report showing that registered autistic people have increased by 2,123%. Over the past 21 years, there has been an increase from 2000, from just 1,514 to about 33,700 in 2021, in line with the report Prevalence and Premature Mortality Statistics of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children in Korea: A Nationwide. The Population-Based Birth Cohort Study revealed that when comparing the numbers of children born in 2002 and 2012 diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder within eight years, the number of children with Autism increased by 80.77%. The number of people with autism increased in contrast to the number of newborns falling. This may mean that autistic individuals are becoming a human resource that society has unfortunately overlooked.
The research ‘Is Autism Stigma Higher in South Korea than the US? Examining Cultural Tightness, Intergroup Bias, and Concerns about Heredity as Contributors to Heightened Autism Stigma’ by Dr. Kim So Yoon and Chun Jung Eun in 2021 points out that Autistic people in Korea are seen to be socially stigmatized because Korea has a high ‘cultural tightness’, which means the level of expectation and adherence to social norms. High cultural tightness means low tolerance. Down for those who are not in that norm as well. While people with autism generally do not live up to that expectation Causing them to be excluded from society more or less Therefore, making society see that there are many ways to be a good person may make him understand and appreciate people with autism more.