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He seriously isn't. He's just a bitter, highly intelligent, depressed man. He has tremendous theory of mind (he knows exactly what his co-workers are going to suggest next, etc), he has no sensory issues (apart from his leg, which is INJURED), and the simple fact that he wasn't diagnosed when they brought up the topic itself!
MAIMED might be more correct. But your meaning was clear.
The character is about 50 years old(Hugh Laurie is 50ish). How many 50 year old aspies are dxed? Not many. To give you an idea, I was 22-24 when the dx of aspergers was introduced. I was self DXed at 33 or so and DXed a year later. House was already a man of 40(if the character had existed). Thats how old he is, and thats how new the idea of aspergers is.
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I think what they were trying to do (the writers) was comment on how complex the disorder is, and how it can easily be missed, AND mis-diagnosed. And I think probably a lot of aspies have written in asking about it. Not to mention the "sudden" up-surge of diagnoses in the country.
Agreed. And I love the show all the more for that.
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Just because he is highly intelligent, likes to be on his own, and has small tolerance for ppl, DOES NOT MEAN he's got Aspergers. Which I think I've said before many times.
Maybe. But just because he has no sensory issues, understands sarcasm, and can anticipate people doesn't mean he is not. Aspies are not totally useless at body language. We vary. Quite a lot. And a 50 year old genius doctor is going to have a lot of accumulated knowledge. There is very little behaviour that a intelligent mind cannot bend itself around.
And none of those things are diagnostic of aspergers anyway.
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