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26 Jan 2013, 8:01 pm

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Sheldon is not Autistic. He's a caricature of an Aspie. He's such an exaggeration of Autism that he doesn't even seem like a real person with an ASD to me. His character would definitely fit the criteria for AS but if I were a doctor and I were diagnosing him I would get the strong impression that he is faking.

Sheldon seems more like a NT that is pretending to be Autistic and doing a very bad job of it to me.


I mean you have to take into consideration that it after all is a tv-show. For instance, Sheldon will attend a party and complain about how he does not enjoy parties rather than just stay at home because watching a dude sit in his couch for 25 minutes generally is not considered good television as people could view this sight by replacing their television with a mirror.

With that in mind I think he is the perfect example of an aspie. But he is not just an aspie, he also has OCD, possibly GAD, and he is asexual and a freakin' genius!! !



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26 Jan 2013, 8:06 pm

Yes, he is definitely an Aspie. But he is not crazy. "His mother had him tested."



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26 Jan 2013, 8:25 pm

Whatever he has, doesn't change the fact the show sucks.



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28 Jan 2013, 5:19 am

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"my mother had me tested" my arse


That line on the show has gotten really, really stale. I think the writers must be severely Autistic if they think that is still funny.



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28 Jan 2013, 5:24 am

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http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/aspergers-diary/200904/sheldony-or-aspergery-the-big-bang-theory


Keep in mind that while that article may be on the Psychology Today web site, the author is purportedly a writer who has no apparent psychological specialty in diagnosing Autism or anything else.



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28 Jan 2013, 5:57 am

ALL the male characters on the big bang theory have asperger's



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28 Jan 2013, 8:55 am

Perhaps a better question is "did the person Bill Pradey knew when he was a programmer have Aspergers". Lets hunt him down. lol And didnt Raj's selective mutism come from the same person? Btw is selective mutism on the autism spectrum?



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28 Jan 2013, 8:59 am

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Btw is selective mutism on the autism spectrum?


Not really, I wouldn't put it that way, but autistic ppl are more often mutistic/have mutistic like symptoms so that you can't dx them together officially.


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28 Jan 2013, 8:59 am

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Btw is selective mutism on the autism spectrum?


We have a much higher rate of it within our lines yes, just like social anxiety, OCD, and a bunch of other goodies.



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28 Jan 2013, 9:02 am

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ALL the male characters on the big bang theory have asperger's


I agree. The only one I can not see it in is the Indian (Rashesh? Can't spell that name). He has selective muteism and severe social anxiety, but I do not see any other signs there. Unlike the other boys he seems to fit in very well when socializing with the girls. Obviously he is very metro-sexual but it's more than that. He gets the social codes which none of the other boys do, the only problem is that he only speaks when he's drunk because of the muteism. :lol:



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28 Jan 2013, 11:49 am

If you have a group if geeks you are more likely to find aspies or aspie-like people in this group than in a group from the general population. Because of this when creating characters to be very geeky odds are you will unintentionally end up with an aspie. This might be why Sheldon and other Big Bang characters seem to be aspie. The show creators might not have based their personalities on Asperger's. They might have been simply trying to make them geeks. However it looks like they did,unintentionally, end up with aspies.


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28 Jan 2013, 6:19 pm

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Am i the only one frustrated that the show makers wont make his autism official?

the episode where he's in the comic book store with Leonard and Penny and he is asking them to buy him a toy robot... its so damn obvious.


It won't happen - ever. Can you imagine the backlash? Laughing at someone who is 'quirky' is one thing, making fun of neurological disorders is something else entirely.

I recommend watching 'the middle', the youngest son, Brick, is definitely portrayed as an aspie - he has echolalia, is in a social skills group, loves books, can't make his own friends, right down to still being unable to tie his shoe laces and blow his own nose (just like my son).


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28 Jan 2013, 6:42 pm

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thomas81 wrote:
Am i the only one frustrated that the show makers wont make his autism official?

the episode where he's in the comic book store with Leonard and Penny and he is asking them to buy him a toy robot... its so damn obvious.


It won't happen - ever. Can you imagine the backlash? Laughing at someone who is 'quirky' is one thing, making fun of neurological disorders is something else entirely.

I recommend watching 'the middle', the youngest son, Brick, is definitely portrayed as an aspie - he has echolalia, is in a social skills group, loves books, can't make his own friends, right down to still being unable to tie his shoe laces and blow his own nose (just like my son).


Agree with both your points.

Both the creators and the viewers of the BBT HAVE to be able to have their cake and eat it too.
If you're an aspie you can recognize and laugh at bits of yourself in the characters without getting offended. And the creators can mine the quirks of thier characters for comedy without having to worry about being 'sensitive' nor being 'accurate' in portraying a particular disability. Declaring them to be autistic/aspie just cannot be done on that show.

I also agree with you that if you that if you want to see a text book specimen of aspergers on TV then tune into "the Middle". Though he is never actually described as being on the spectrum- the little boy named "Brick" CLEARLY is an aspie- probably the most accurately drawn aspie on TV. He is alot like I was when I was his age.



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29 Jan 2013, 5:55 pm

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Heidi80 wrote:
ALL the male characters on the big bang theory have asperger's


I agree. The only one I can not see it in is the Indian (Rashesh? Can't spell that name). He has selective muteism and severe social anxiety, but I do not see any other signs there. Unlike the other boys he seems to fit in very well when socializing with the girls. Obviously he is very metro-sexual but it's more than that. He gets the social codes which none of the other boys do, the only problem is that he only speaks when he's drunk because of the muteism. :lol:

I think it is Rajesh. Hence the "Raj" nickname.

I don't think Howard is autistic, he has some geeky interests and he used to be a bit... disgusting, but I think he still strikes me as NT.

Leonard has social anxiety (or had, early on) and is occasionally social awkward when he is talking about science to Penny or something, but again, I don't think he's autistic.

Amy and Sheldon are the only nailed on Aspies there IMO. Maybe Howard's mum.



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29 Jan 2013, 6:05 pm

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psychegots wrote:
Heidi80 wrote:
ALL the male characters on the big bang theory have asperger's


I agree. The only one I can not see it in is the Indian (Rashesh? Can't spell that name). He has selective muteism and severe social anxiety, but I do not see any other signs there. Unlike the other boys he seems to fit in very well when socializing with the girls. Obviously he is very metro-sexual but it's more than that. He gets the social codes which none of the other boys do, the only problem is that he only speaks when he's drunk because of the muteism. :lol:

I think it is Rajesh. Hence the "Raj" nickname.

I don't think Howard is autistic, he has some geeky interests and he used to be a bit... disgusting, but I think he still strikes me as NT.

Leonard has social anxiety (or had, early on) and is occasionally social awkward when he is talking about science to Penny or something, but again, I don't think he's autistic.

Amy and Sheldon are the only nailed on Aspies there IMO. Maybe Howard's mum.


Howards mom?! What about Lennards mom?!? She's worse than Sheldon :lol:



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29 Jan 2013, 6:20 pm

she is worse than sheldon. I rather agree.