What do you guys think about him. I personally think he does, there are just so many similarites between him and AS. I could go on and on. And seriously explain your choice, like I need to know why or I'll go CRAZY! :boom: already someone didnt explain their choce.
I hope in House's case he will be afforded the right to hold a job and be miserable. But you'd have to watch the show to see what I mean.
Although... I did vote Yes + Something else, becos I want House to be Aspie and also most people have "something else", don't they?! Plus he does/did have that leg thing, which is totally not AS and not even a "comorbid" (horrible word) and so, qualifies as something else automatically. Plus addiction to pain-killers, that's another something else.
ok, fine if you do not watch house or have a "valid vote" then dont vote, i would have stated this earlier but of course i thought you guys would know.
House is only a fictional character. He couldn't be an aspie. He seems to care little about offending and upsetting others, but all the way thru the few episodes that I've seen he seems to be able to predict or anticipate negative reactions of others, so he knows what he's doing. Either he's an aspie wannabe, a dick who likes to upset people for the fun of it, or he's hopelessly confused about what he wants in his social life. Either way, not the kind of person who I'd give the time of day.
I like him. I like truth-seeking weirdo characters, generally.
As a fictional character, he would be AS if the writers (and his own improvisation, depending on how they do things on that show) make him one.
Probably they won't, though.
Everybody's biggest objection to him being AS is that he's too competent. What the hell? Since when are aspies incapable of learning? Even if he DOES know what the social ramifications of his actions are NOW (and this is not true in all cases, watch the show more carefully), it is certainly not the way one would behave if one had ALWAYS been the social genius. I behaved like that for years, and I have been diagnosed AS, ADHD, and full-on autistic disorder.
He is not too socially competent to be AS. He's not socially competent at all. Yes, he's got some stuff figured out. It's called learning. Geez
Everybody's biggest objection to him being AS is that he's too competent. What the hell? Since when are aspies incapable of learning? Even if he DOES know what the social ramifications of his actions are NOW (and this is not true in all cases, watch the show more carefully), it is certainly not the way one would behave if one had ALWAYS been the social genius. I behaved like that for years, and I have been diagnosed AS, ADHD, and full-on autistic disorder.
He is not too socially competent to be AS. He's not socially competent at all. Yes, he's got some stuff figured out. It's called learning. Geez
I've noticed the exact same thing, i've been reading NT forums to see what they thiink and thats what they all say. Also they say he cant have it because he can read people too well, so what? I can read people at a level beyond my years. I expect reactions from people that are alot more mature than they do immature responses so it appears that i cant read them. Coincidently I can read adults perfectly because they respond they way i would do so.
No AS, definitely. He just has a bad leg. Maybe somewhat depressed.
His bedside manner does not come from an AS type theory of mind or whatever, but full on cynicism about the world. It's not neurology but system of beliefs.
And he knows he's smart enough to get away with it, and just doesn't believe in niceties. In fact he strikes me as rather un-AS.
they moved House because of STUPID BASEBALL AGHHHH!
It seems like they always move that show, why cant they ever move a stupid show that no one cares about!
I personally think House could have Aspergers and I also think Dad might have had it to a mild degree. Dad was very competent at his job but in the area of self-care he needed a lot of looking after.
If mum was away, he would "forget" to eat and if he got sick, he would never see the doctor. He would also fret if mum was away, so mum very seldom had a holiday.
I get told I can't have Aspergers because I can be very competent in various areas, but they don't see where there are deficits. This is a compliment in a way, but also means when I need help with a difficulty, I get the brush off.
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If mum was away, he would "forget" to eat and if he got sick, he would never see the doctor. He would also fret if mum was away, so mum very seldom had a holiday.
I think married people usually take their spouses with them when they go on holiday, unless they have a bad marriage or incompatible work committments. Your mum took holidays from being with your dad?
Lili Marlene, he worked for himself and couldn't leave the business to take a holiday. He hardly ever took holidays.
Also, mum and dad had a lot of kids and nobody suitable to mind us. My brother and I were abused by a carer we had when mum went into hospital to have my second brother. The woman was a real head case. It wasn't sexual abuse but quite bad emotional abuse.
Mum would have had to take us all with her and that would have defeated the purpose of her having a holiday, you see.
It is true that a holiday with lots of kids isn't much of a holiday for a mum, but the idea of a married parent going on holiday alone I think would be considered odd by most people. People who run their own business often cite having the flexibility to take holidays when one wants to as an advantage of "being your own boss".
My own folks took separate holidays, but that was because their marriage was a joke from the start, and I'm sure it was an opportunity for infidelity.
Dad was a solicitor - he worked long hours and brought lots of work home. He was a one-man show and so had to be at work nearly all the time. There was no-one else who could take over from him so he felt obliged to work these long hours.
Mum lost a baby and nearly died when I was six and grandad thought if she could have a holiday by herself for a while it would help her recuperate. At that stage, she had 4 children aged between 15 months and 6 years.
The following year, she took up grandad's invitation. By then, she was expecting another baby and we four kids went along too. When she returned after a week away, dad was covered in scratches and bruises and had only eaten counter lunches during the week.
Most men of our parents' generation regarded cooking and cleaning and baby duties as women's work. Lots of them wouldn't do this stuff as it went against their own self-image, and many couldn't do this stuff because they had never wanted to learn or had never had the opportunity to learn. When that generation was in high school, boys did manual arts and girls were taught cooking, sewing and pattern draughting and housework. Being domestically challenged or domestically lazy in a male isn't evidence of AS.