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Was Wesley Crusher's giftedness due to Asperger's?
Yes 20%  20%  [ 3 ]
No 53%  53%  [ 8 ]
On The Fence 7%  7%  [ 1 ]
Something Else Besides Asperger's (explain in a reply) 20%  20%  [ 3 ]
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31 Dec 2011, 3:14 pm

I watch Star Trek a LOT (it's a minor obsession), and I think my favourite character I can relate to is Wesley. He's the gifted whiz kid who Picard makes Acting Ensign. He seems to be "special", though, beyond his intelligence. Do you think he might be Aspie?


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31 Dec 2011, 11:46 pm

Na, he's a Mary Sue :lol:


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31 Dec 2011, 11:47 pm

No, he was Wesley.


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07 Jul 2016, 8:46 am

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
No, he was Wesley.


Certainly Not! he can be considered annoying Extraverted Nerd as is stated in TV Tropes encyclopedia :D
As for me Wesley is definitely more ADHD than Asperger :)

But on other hand this Star Trek guy is certainly is on Autism Spectrum :mrgreen:



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07 Jul 2016, 9:48 am

He was social and he even had a love interest once, played by the lovely Ashley Judd. Barclay was the one with Asperger's.



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07 Jul 2016, 10:52 am

pawelk1986: This thread is almost 5 years old----NOT that it's not still relevant, it's just that the person you responded to, hasn't been here, in over a year, and may not respond, BACK, and I just thought you'd wanna know.....



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07 Jul 2016, 3:07 pm

Campin_Cat wrote:
pawelk1986: This thread is almost 5 years old----NOT that it's not still relevant, it's just that the person you responded to, hasn't been here, in over a year, and may not respond, BACK, and I just thought you'd wanna know.....


I found it by accident when i Googled for information about Star Trek TNG, my favorite BTW, and since it was on Wrongplanet.net I could not deny myself this little necorposting there :mrgreen:



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07 Jul 2016, 3:09 pm

AspE wrote:
He was social and he even had a love interest once, played by the lovely Ashley Judd. Barclay was the one with Asperger's.


Barlclay was typical Aspie, and Wesley might have ADHD but certainly not Asperger!



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07 Jul 2016, 9:17 pm

For a second I read the title of this thread as Wesley Willis! Also not autistic. Schizophrenic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Willis



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07 Jul 2016, 11:57 pm

Wesley was mostly a genius & not an Aspie. I don't think Barlclay was an Aspie either thou. He was socially award but it seemed to be because of anxiety. He had Social Anxiety, traits of OCD & Avoidant Personality Disorder


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