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When asked if Brennan might not actually have Asperger syndrome - a condition many doctors consider a form of high-functioning autism - Deschanel nodded.
"Hart Hanson, the creator of the show, and I discuss, you know, that my character almost has Asperger syndrome, and, you know, if maybe if it was a film, that I maybe specifically would have Asperger's," she said.
"If you look at the character of Zack, [a Brennan subordinate who's] played by Eric Millegan, he almost definitely has Asperger syndrome," she added.
"I think it's fascinating to have a character who's brilliant in one area and clueless" in others, Deschanel said.
"And it's so sweet that she's trying to learn about things. You know, I talked to a psychologist who specializes in people with Asperger's and she said she's worked with kids who start at 12 years old not being able to understand, you know, a social interaction almost at all and then are now in college and can have relationships that are almost more in touch than a lot of kids their age, because they work so much in therapy and work so hard," she said.
Apparently, they based her character on someone who has Asperger but she is still never stated to have the condition. There are few memories of her childhoold in the show and some people argued that she did not seem autistic in them though I would argue that children are very different (especially with their family and as long as they do not realize their difficulties) and that it was not depicting all of her childhood.
19 Nov 2010, 2:38 am
