When Hollywood turns Asperger's into a joke
Awiddershinlife
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I am in my 6th decade. One was either institutionalized or not back then. I think this was a great gift. Auctually, I had a dream childhood. Lots of freedom and outdoor play. I could beat up anyone who didn't leave me alone. I was raised in an aspie family so my mom taught me lots of tricks to get by. There was no NCLB, so I could just nestle into a crack and mature at my own rate. What they do to aspies today would have driven me mad.
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"Despite speculation that Sheldon's personality traits may be consistent with Asperger syndrome, obsessive?compulsive personality disorder and asexuality,[5][7] co-creator Bill Prady has repeatedly stated that Sheldon's character was neither conceived nor developed with regard to any of these traits.[7]"
a little wikipedia can go a long way.
http://www.aoltv.com/2009/08/14/come-up ... -aspergers
however one of the great artist of german expresionism was a mentally unstable pedophile ands another was a scitzofrenic and im pretty sure beatoven was a child savant. if you wanted to try and look for famous or at least notable people with mental illness or who are gifted in various ways i would think that i would be suprised if there hadent already been a artist at certian points who had it. the germans were pretty big into the art of the mentally ill and or people who were in general considered outsiders for a while and its kinda still a thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsider_art
id be extremly amazed if you couldnt find someone on this list who had autism.
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