The newly hyped Kdrama Extraordinary Attorney Woo came under the spotlight with the release of its fourth episode, marking high viewership ratings on Netflix.
The show has also been receiving much love from South Korea as viewers expressed how the writers addressed the disorder sensitively and followed proper research.
While the content makers are being applauded for featuring a stigmatic disability, the experts and the family members of autistic people criticise the plot for being unrealistic, labelling the character as an extremely rare case of high functioning autism, commonly known as Savant Syndrome.
Kim Yong Jik, the president of the Autism Society of Korea stated, “it is indeed unlikely for an autistic person to have a high IQ and actually become a lawyer, but I believe this series is one attempt to make people understand autism”
The remaining episodes are yet to tell whether the show will continue to receive criticism or will be viewed in a positive light.