SEOUL, South Korea ¨C 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 ¡ª seaweed-wrapped rice rolls served in slices ¡ª 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.
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