Is this guy an aspie?

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This guy is one of Norway's most famous (non-fiction) writers, he is also a historian, a chess player and a politician.

I think that the way that this guy behaves, the way he speaks and the way his voice sounds, combined with his extreme knowledge and fascination within one topic (history of politics) makes him a very likely aspie...

You can see yourself, eventhough you most likely won't understand: (After his first monologue the host, somewhat surprised, says "Thats good to know".....

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z38eDrGFyMI&feature=related[/youtube]

Impossible to tell without speaking Norwegian.

Even then, such a short clip would be hard to judge with any degree of certainty.

Just listen to the way he speaks, how his voice sounds and the way he acts when he enters the room. Also notice that he looks down and not on the host for the most part....

This is another video of the same guy: (Watch 0:36, looks VERY aspie to me)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiNrhhcAByI&feature=related[/youtube]

"Have you felt different since you were a little boy?"

"Yes, I think we have to say that. It was some time in the kindergarden that a feeling of that came"

"There are some areas where I am normal and other areas where I am not so normal, but I'm not spending time on hiding it"

Here's a photo of the guy playing chess with ear protection (sensory overload anyone? )



Pretty obvious Aspie to me...

He's the stereotype of what I would consider to be an aspie.

I'm sorry if I sound stupid, but what about his body language tells you he's an Aspie? I have never met another Aspie in person and I obviously am unaware of the way I act myself (except for the fact that I stim and a friend told me that I have some "gestures" that might be funny to other people, but which she didn't mind at all). He seems pretty regular to me in the way he acts (I can't judge his tone of voice, since tone differs from language to language). What clues am I missing? Every time I see a video of an Aspie person, I get the same questions. I can only notice when they stim or avoid eye contact...

Sorry to be annoying, but I thought I should bump this thread a bit. What exactly is in his body language that makes you guys think he has AS? It's important for me to know...

Rigid body language, his speech is slighly nasal, which I have heard several aspies have, he speaks never-ending sentences pouring on and on with trivial facts, he uses headphones when playing chess, presumably due to sensory overload, he avoids eye contact and stares at objects instead.