does sheldon have aspergers irl?

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07 Mar 2016, 7:46 pm

does he?
or is that just part of the big bang theory show.

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07 Mar 2016, 7:50 pm

No. I don't believe so. I saw him on "Who do you think you are?" and he didn't seem as if he did. Just a typical actor. Not actually very interesting, to be honest.

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07 Mar 2016, 7:59 pm

He's just some guy who plays an Aspergian-type character.

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07 Mar 2016, 8:35 pm

This what I mean by autism being over diagnosed :lol:

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07 Mar 2016, 8:37 pm

EzraS wrote:

This what I mean by autism being over diagnosed :lol:

Ditto

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08 Mar 2016, 2:04 am

EzraS wrote:

This what I mean by autism being over diagnosed :lol:

How can the fictional charactor be fictionally over diagnosed if he is never labeled as Aspie/autistic?

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08 Mar 2016, 2:13 am

The actor is not.

The character is just a caricature. Required to behave in very strict, cliche parameters for the structure of the show format. They built on things as they went along. Early on, he had no OCD tendencies until they figured it would be funny to have him knock three times. then they added more.

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08 Mar 2016, 3:42 am

No, he doesn´t. He´s just a good actor. I´ve seen him in other movies.

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08 Mar 2016, 5:37 am

ASPartOfMe wrote:

EzraS wrote:

This what I mean by autism being over diagnosed :lol:

How can the fictional charactor be fictionally over diagnosed if he is never labeled as Aspie/autistic?

Exactly. Even cartoon characters get armchair diagnosis of autism. That's how rampant it is.

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08 Mar 2016, 5:47 am

You know, I'm pretty sure my next door neighbor's dog has autism. He doesn't like loud noises.

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08 Mar 2016, 6:30 am

Yigeren wrote:

You know, I'm pretty sure my next door neighbor's dog has autism. He doesn't like loud noises.

Does he also fail to maintain eye contact during conversations?

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08 Mar 2016, 6:59 am

kraftiekortie wrote:

He's just some guy who plays an Aspergian-type character.

With regard to the allegation of Apergers and OCD, the writers of the Big Bang theory specifically state "Sheldon's character was neither conceived nor developed with regard to any of these traits" His character was created as a stereotypical "geek" with an IQ of 187...

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08 Mar 2016, 7:38 am

EzraS wrote:

Yigeren wrote:

You know, I'm pretty sure my next door neighbor's dog has autism. He doesn't like loud noises.

Does he also fail to maintain eye contact during conversations?

Now that I think of it, he does! He also paces back and forth a lot; he must be stimming.

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08 Mar 2016, 10:24 am

random1 wrote:

does he?
or is that just part of the big bang theory show.

Sheldon doesnt exist in real life.

Sheldon isnt even ever identified as having aspergers even in the TV show.

The actor who plays him does not have the character's personality traits, and is not aspie.

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08 Mar 2016, 10:30 am

It is said that virtually all cats have Asperger's.

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08 Mar 2016, 1:33 pm

I hate that show, not so much because of Sheldon, but just because the humor in general is too obvious for me. But sometimes I can't find the remote and end up watching it against my will.

Pay attention to Johnny Galecki's character. HE seems more like a real aspie to me. I've gone as far as to see if Galecki is autistic in real life, but I can't tell either way. I watch The Talk with Galecki's ex, Sarah Gilbert, on it. I'm pretty sure that she's on the spectrum, although I don't believe she's ever said that she is.

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