When Yoon Wn-ho, a visiting professor at Inha University in South Korea, saw "Extraordinary Attorney Woo” for the first time, he turned the television off. The popular Korean drama’s portrayal of a young autistic lawyer bothered Yoon, who has autism himself.
He thought the character seemed less like a full-fledged person than a collection of traits associated with autism. One example, he says, was her strict diet of kimbap — seaweed-wrapped rice rolls served in slices — which she finds comforting because all the ingredients are visible.
"People who see the drama might think that all people with autism only eat kimbap like Woo Young-woo,” Yoon says.