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Is Emily an Aspie?

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user-abuser:
Emily The Intern ;) acts like someone with Aspergers. "The smell of books", "your apartment is very blue", not minding social rules, being painfully honest and sooo persistent [all them nosey questions!]; etc.

I was just wondering- was this done on purpose [like introducing a transgender character], or it's just a side effect of creating "someone even more weird than the others" ?

ChaosWolf:

--- Quote from: user-abuser on 12 Dec 2012, 06:08 ---Emily The Intern ;) acts like someone with Aspergers. "The smell of books", "your apartment is very blue", not minding social rules, being painfully honest and sooo persistent [all them nosey questions!]; etc.

I was just wondering- was this done on purpose [like introducing a transgender character], or it's just a side effect of creating "someone even more weird than the others" ?

--- End quote ---

Most likely the latter.  And the label of "Aspie" get batted about a lot lately by folks who don't really understand it beyond "that person acts weird", so I'd be hesitant as suggesting Emily is one.

idontunderstand:
As far as I can see, no. Apart from her funny quirks I don't see any "aspbergers type behavior".

[also, when the second post quotes the first post of a thread, something has gone wrong somewhere]

pwhodges:
I'm not happy with "aspie" being thrown around as a term.

Also, the medical community is starting to move towards dropping the term Asperger's Syndrome in any case (as reported in a link in another thread).

Mr_Rose:
The DSM-V has deprecated the term, yes. The condition formerly known as Asperger's syndrome is or will become known as a mild form of the broader class called the "autism spectrum" not that such technical minutiae make a blind bit of difference to the condition as experienced by the patient.

And no, Emily does not appear to be suffering any form of autism, mild or otherwise; autism, as a rule, affects the patient's perception of others' motives and intent, making social interaction confusing and therefore scary. Emily, on the other hand, is not trying but failing due to a literal inability to spot others, nonverbal social cues; she appears to simply literally not care.

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