The Big Bang Theory

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It's a show based on nerd stereotypes, of course they'll be Aspie.

If Sheldon is an aspie, how come he never gets nervous around people? I think he's too designed. Altohugh he does corky and offensive things to others, none of them can be interpreted as mere cold hearted, as many of a real aspie's actions would be. His peers seems to cope somehow and get along with his exentricity, and they care for him.

You don't have to be nervous around people to have an ASD.

The main problem I have is that he interacts too well (the give and take of social interaction), but then, they need to add it as he wouldn't be much of a character* if he interacts how someone with an ASD does.

*To outside observers

I think being nervous around people is more of a sympthon of social anxiety (which Sheldon, the incarnation of rationality, does not have at all). Granted, Social anxiety tends to be correlated with AS, but it is mostly a result of the frustration the person gets due to her social limitations due to the AS.

Ie: I have Social anxiety but I do not have AS. Some person has AS but does not have social anxiety. Many people in this forum have both AS and social anxiety.

I think Sheldon is probably more of a case of the Albert Einstein syndrome (if there's such thing) than AS...

I love Sheldon. I sometimes do see similarities between him and me, although I wish I was as smart as him. Though in other ways, he is so smart he can be dumb some times. Though when I figure out "god this guy is clueless" I wonder if there are situations in which I am actually as clueless as him without noticing. hmnn.

Though I am more like Raj, unfortunately. But not even that would make me drink, never!

Aww...Sheldon... ^^

When I saw the first episode of this, I said to my roommate "if I were neurotypical, I believe the correct course of action would be to develop a massive character crush".

But thinking back, I guess if I were NT, said character crush would not involve Sheldon Cooper!

But, Sheldon is the coolest cat on that show.

I absolutely love Sheldon. I have been thinking he has aspie traits. In the show I watched the other day he said to Raj, I'm not good with facial cues as you know so I am guessing you are either sad or angry." And I thought that's it. He's definately aspie.

And the way he doesn't get sarcasm. My sister is like that. She takes everything literally.

Its a fun game. On this and the other aspie site I go to there are threads about "which movie/TV characters do you think are aspie?"

I glanced at the "Big Bang Theory" once and it seemed liked all of the principle characters were prime candidates.

It could well be that the writers of the show may even have had Asperger's in mind when they created atleast one of the characters, but they didnt intend the show to be an educational public forum on the subject of aspergers so that trait was never spelled out.

It is a comedy.

I suspect that the "Gieco Caveman" was originally concieved of as the "Geico Neanderthal Man" (the ads would make more sense that way- " we had no idea you guys were still around!"). But they dumbed the concept down for the general public by calling the fictional victims of Gieco's insensitivety simply "cavemen" because Anthropology students are few and far between.

Likewise alot of therapists (let alone the public in general) havent heard of Asperger's yet.

Sheldon says the kinds of things that I think but (usually) have the good sense not to say. Watching him is almost liberating in a way.

I love the show!

I agree that Sheldon is Aspie, while he seems irritating to the other characters, I occasionally wonder if he's on to something that they don't like to hear. The other characters only seem aspie in relation to their efforts (or difficulties?) with women. I can relate to Rajesh's shyness, I feel like that on the inside!