"He's a little broken and he needs me."

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This was a quote from the latest Big Bang Theory episode, "The Proton Displacement", said by Leonard about Sheldon. I know Sheldon has never been officially outed as an aspie, but the fact remains that given his symptoms, it's the only explanation for the aspects of his behaviour that aren't OCD or narcassistic. I'm curious to know your thoughts regarding aspies being called, "a little broken", and how this might impact peoples' views of us for the future. I haven't really made up my mind about where I stand yet.

I am not a broken version of me.

But--yeah, OK--in the bigger picture, a little broken. That's why there's a diagnosis, and why I hate parties but wish I didn't.
If everything is A-OK and hunky dory, then you have no impairment and no basis for a diagnosis.

I'm OK with it. I am a little broken and I need people because of it.

I'm a little broken. Who isn't? Most likely more autistics are a little more broken than most NTs', from the scars of being treated as being "less than,'" more than by our actual wiring.

There is nothing "broken" about me. It's just the rest of the world that's broken.

When compared to the real world, I do feel broken. I've always felt broken, just didn't know why. I'm just better able to accept that now.

<--- People at work thinks he's broken.
<--- Labor Ready thinks he's broken.
<--- DVR thinks he's broken.
<--- His lawyer thinks he's broken.
<--- Now DSHS thinks he's broken.

Am I broken? Well, if it walks like a duck...

I find that it's actually quite freeing to think of myself as "broken". Because, if I'm "broken", then it isn't my fault!

It means that I have different challenges in life than the ones than other people. Things that are easy for other people are difficult goals for me. So it doesn't matter if other people are ahead of me in some areas - I'm not playing by the same rules.

I spent a long time thinking that I was lazy and stupid. I'd prefer to think of myself as "broken".

Everyone is a little broken, and that's okay.

which is worse- being broken or being warped?

I don't watch the Big Bang so I can't say for sure but this is supposed to be humour is it not? In real life a lot of people seem to view differences they can not understand as "broken". Do the majority of people who watch this program use it to define autistics? I really don't know either.

I haven't watched that show, but if Sheldon has OCD and narcissism, then he has some mental illnesses in addition to the Aspie traits. That implies that there's something out of balance, something that he could recover from--the OCD more so than the narcissism, which is more of an extreme (albeit maladaptive) personality trait.

I don't know what the writers meant when they described Sheldon as "a little broken", but I'd be willing to bet that it's probably more a matter of anxiety than nerdiness. An emotionally stable adult autistic who is as independent as Sheldon seems to be may be seen as mildly disabled, eccentric, nerdy, or oblivious, but they probably won't come across as "broken". An NT with OCD may easily be described as "broken", especially if he displays obvious distress or anxiety.

But wanting to take care of someone, especially if your goal is to somehow "fix" them, is a very poor basis for a relationship. If this character actually does believe that this is the primary reason they are in a relationship, then it will become quite dysfunctional as she attempts to "mother" someone she should see as an equal.