raisedbyignorance wrote:
VeggieGirl wrote:
PurpleOctober wrote:
Dr. Gregory House - "House"
I actually just started to wonder about him. It seems like he knows he is saying socially awkward things and does it on purpose, but I started thinking maybe he deliberately says things to be awkward to cover up that he is truly awkward? Plus, he is very obsessive about a single subject.
There was an episode where the other characters actually discussed the possibility of House having AS. It involved House going crazy because the stained carpet in his office was being taken out (all while investigating a medical case surrounding an autistic boy), but I think in the end it was determined that House didn't have it.
Yeah, I think Wilson put it as "House just wishes he had autism, because that would give him the excuse he needs to act like an as*hole." I do see it in him though. His way of reading people is rather mechanical, not very intuitive.
Watched an old episode from season 3 of Without a Trace, which featured a "high-functioning" autistic boy going missing. He seemed pretty low-functioning to me though, hardly spoke and behaved more like my HFA son did at four whereas the character was supposed to be a teenager.