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05 Dec 2011, 10:12 pm

do you guys think that Sheldon has Asperger's syndrome? also, you guys think he might have something else?



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05 Dec 2011, 10:27 pm

Yes.



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05 Dec 2011, 11:24 pm

He's a flaming lackwit, and you can tell him that I said so.

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06 Dec 2011, 1:44 am

I would also guess that Leonard has it as well.......maybe a bit higher functioning tho?



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06 Dec 2011, 7:50 am

I don't really think so.


(And I seriously hope not)



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06 Dec 2011, 10:20 pm

Maybe not AS but something that definitely hinders his social functionality to an excess. And he's really quite arrogant too. As for Leonard(as well as Raj and Howard), I don't think he has any social functioning issues, he understands and employs nuances, such as sarcasm, at the same capacity as any NT. He(Leonard), like all the other three, is just a little unique if not nerdy in his interests, both personally and professionally.


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07 Dec 2011, 4:07 am

The creators of the show apparently want to keep things ambiguous, but Jim Parsons did use books on Asperger's to inform his performance.

It's probably more adequate to say that Sheldon has Sheldon Syndrome.


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07 Dec 2011, 7:44 am

Quatermass wrote:
The creators of the show apparently want to keep things ambiguous, but Jim Parsons did use books on Asperger's to inform his performance.



That was probably their response to an interview question at a time when they didn't actually know what autism is.

The show is about socially awkward nerds. That's it.



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07 Dec 2011, 9:19 pm

The_Perfect_Storm wrote:
That was probably their response to an interview question at a time when they didn't actually know what autism is.

The show is about socially awkward nerds. That's it.

I've only seen a couple clips so I couldn't say, but that's just pessimism for pessimism's sake. How do you know they didn't? You shouldn't deny something just because you don't like it. At least Quartermass seemed to state it as a fact, so if they didn't all blame towards him! :P



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07 Dec 2011, 9:34 pm

Beaux wrote:
The_Perfect_Storm wrote:
That was probably their response to an interview question at a time when they didn't actually know what autism is.

The show is about socially awkward nerds. That's it.

I've only seen a couple clips so I couldn't say, but that's just pessimism for pessimism's sake. How do you know they didn't? You shouldn't deny something just because you don't like it. At least Quartermass seemed to state it as a fact, so if they didn't all blame towards him! :P


I said probably.



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10 Dec 2011, 3:50 pm

The_Perfect_Storm wrote:
The show is about socially awkward nerds. That's it.


Agreed.


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14 Dec 2011, 4:31 am

Sheldon is absolutely an Aspie. He's in the process of learning how to socialize with others, as many of us are.

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14 Dec 2011, 1:16 pm

I think he is aspie. I hope so. I like his version of it.



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14 Dec 2011, 6:21 pm

Don't care. It's just... NO.



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14 Dec 2011, 6:24 pm

The_Perfect_Storm wrote:
Quatermass wrote:
The show is about socially awkward nerds. That's it.


This.


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14 Dec 2011, 7:12 pm

And here, folks, is Wrong Planet's 437,311th thread on whether or not Sheldon Cooper has Asperger's, and if you look to your left, you'll see the 23,548,943th thread on whether or not Asperger's should be cured.

And of course Sheldon is on the spectrum.