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Someone1981
Since: Aug, 2022
WarJay77
(Troper Knight)
2025-05-28 10:56:15
Kinda just feels like a form of bigotry? Not overt, but definitely kinda just "jumping to wild fears based on an ableist mindset". There's not really a trope for that.
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Someone1981
Since: Aug, 2022
WarJay77
(Troper Knight)
2025-05-28 14:18:40
That's still an ableist mindset. Their motivations don't matter; they're assuming the doctor can't do a surgery he's more than capable of.
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Dr. Murphy is a surgeon, with some experience, who is autistic. An autistic child is hospitalized and needs surgery; his parents don't want Dr. Murphy on the team, since they're concerned that with symptoms like their son has, he would be too likely to screw up the surgery.
Note: While in theory there is some legitimacy to these concerns, not all autism symptoms are the same in all autistic people; and with Dr. Murphy having worked with the other members of the staff, they know what issues he personally has better than the parent. The fact that the hospital lets him do surgery says a lot about the parents' concerns.
Edited by Someone1981