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Come up with a new theory: Sheldon does NOT have Asperger's

Posted Aug 14th 2009 3:29PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free, The Big Bang Theory

The votes were counted and 77.2% of TV Squad readers believed Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory has Asperger's Syndrome. Based on Slate writer Paul Collins' article on the subject and reported by Joel, you were asked your opinion and agreed with Collins.

Well, majority may rule, but the writer is king. Big Bang co-creator Bill Prady knows the character better than we do, and Prady said Sheldon does not have Asperger's.

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Does Big Bang's Sheldon have Asperger's syndrome?

Posted Feb 9th 2009 11:02AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, TV Squad Polls, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free, Episode Recaps, The Big Bang Theory

One of last week's most entertaining web reads was an article in Slate about The Big Bang Theory. In it, writer Paul Collins expends about 1500 words wondering if Sheldon, the genius / social misfit played so ably by Jim Parsons, has Asperger's syndrome.

I can just sense thousands of readers right now smacking their heads with their palms and going, "I knew it!" right now. And I bet right now you're also scrambling to Google the condition and see what the characteristics are. No need; they're right here. Just in that website's brief description, you can see a lot that goes into the character of Sheldon: affected speech patterns, a small and unexpandable circle of interest, and -- most of all -- difficult two-way social interaction. Seems like Sheldon to a T.

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Come up with a new theory: Sheldon does NOT have Asperger's