This season on South Park there was an episode called "Ass Burgers." You can only imagine what this episode is about. One of the main characters on the show, Stan, gets diagnosed with Asperger's because he is withdrawn and depressed and had received a vaccination the previous year. When Stan goes for treatment at a medical facility, the other patients tell him that there is really no thing as Asperger's, but just a group of people that see the world for how it really is, "shitty." Oh and of course, the "shittiness" is caused by a group of aliens trying to take over the world. The other patients give Stan medicine so that he can see the world the way he used to is alcohol. The "patients" pump Stan with whiskey to make him find the aliens.
Meanwhile, Cartman is completely fascinated with the name Asperger's. He interprets the diseases name to be ass burgers and creates a hamburger company where he sells burgers that have been in his pants. The whole town goes crazy for the burgers until they realize the secret ingredient.
The episode ends with Stan accepting that his life isn't perfect and becoming a childhood alcoholic. South Park does not really address disability in this episode. The main comment they have is that the name Asperger's sounds silly.
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