- Joined
- Jun 13, 2016
One thing I also noticed in that clip is that her language is not at the level of a 8 or 9 year old. I think she was 9 in the clip? She seemed to have the same kind of language delays a lot of kids on the spectrum have, not great at answering any sort of non-concrete/open ended question. She couldn't answer Why questions, and I'm not sure she even understood longer, complex questions "Do you pet 400 or is he too mean?" It seemed whenever she was given a choice, she always just threw out the last part of the question, very echolalic. I suspect a lot of the stuff she said independently was echolalia that was coached by Susan.
Dr. Phil apparently noticed nothing because he has no knowledge in the area....so hopefully this time around he will have autism specialists involved since Bodhi has an actual autism diagnosis.
One thing I also noticed in that clip is that her language is not at the level of a 8 or 9 year old. I think she was 9 in the clip? She seemed to have the same kind of language delays a lot of kids on the spectrum have, not great at answering any sort of non-concrete/open ended question. She couldn't answer Why questions, and I'm not sure she even understood longer, complex questions "Do you pet 400 or is he too mean?" It seemed whenever she was given a choice, she always just threw out the last part of the question, very echolalic. I suspect a lot of the stuff she said independently was echolalia that was coached by Susan.
Dr. Phil apparently noticed nothing because he has no knowledge in the area....so hopefully this time around he will have autism specialists involved since Bodhi has an actual autism diagnosis.
Dr Phil was told the script for the show was about the world’s rarest, youngest schizophrenic. Viewers take their cues and opinions from the host. So even though Jani was doing nothing out of the ordinary, for the sake of the show Phil has to be dramatic and act like her behavior is so different and she’s “oh so exhausting” because that’s what he been told to emote.
That video without commentary from Phil is absolutely pedestrian footage of a little girl so he had to add in the narrative and drama to make the viewers think they were seeing some unique while in fact they were just watching a six year old trying to please her crazy parents and interacting with a camera crew.
Last edited: