If I could have a moment of your time?

As an Aspie and a fan of Big Bang I find the 'out in public' scenes in the show slightly annoying myself; why must my problems be picked on in a programme I enjoy!?.. reminds me of the shame I've felt when unknowingly tripping up in public. But millions of people love this show.. I hope that the more they sympathise with these marginalised characters (even Howard), the more accepting and understanding they will be of me.

Actually, i like the character "Doctor Cooper" and his portrail of autism in general and Aspergers in general; he's my personal role model. What I dislike is the portrail of his social group marginalising and dismissing his opinions and posisions as inherantly less important than their own. This is an attitude that causes me much difficulty and i dislike seeing it ecouraged for idle humour...

As to whether or not Sheldon is a deliberate represantation of Autism, either Yes he clearly is or the script writers display a breathtaking degree of ignorance...

Are they demonizing Sheldon though? Are they using Sheldon to make an attack on autistic people or any aspect of autism? The Third Reich demonized jews and other minority groups to use them as scapegoats. Do you feel that the portrayal of Sheldon is that discriminatery?

I'd have more objection to TV police/detective programmes that have an autistic seeming character as a stooge/fall-guy in the plot. Lewis and Frost have done this in episodes often repeated. There was one on the TV last night (that series with the big lass from Birds of a Feather in a lead role) - the prime suspect was an unlikely looking autistic boy. Time after time autism is used in the plot in an exploitative way.

I also think some fictional detectives, especially Sherlock Holmes, are being presented more and more as if autistic.

The thing with Sheldon is the script-writers claim he's not meant to be autistic, although he does look a bit like a parody on rain man. But the thing is society is full of people like this, and at the moment they don't get diagnosed as autistic. Think about it, what is most GP's reaction to someone with lots of PhD's, and in work, who can make eye contact?  Oh that cannot possibly be autism.

Remember the percentage of people on the spectrum who don't find long term employment. If TV programmes started exploiting Cameron's current scheme of including people on the autistic spectrum, and other disabled, as if they are scroungers and work shy (an easy abuse for a naive Eton public schoolboy to pick on the less privileged), that I would perceive as an abuse of autism on TV. But it hasn't happened.....yet...

To be honest Sheldon might be doing us some good.

My objection is to the dehumanisation of our people...this is the type of weaponised social engineering employed by the third reich shortly before it starts employing its final solution..Big Bang Theory is influential; its the highest rated sitcom since Friends

Something should be done

aawww wow lol

Well, technically I am from a "company", but thank you for the feedback, I'll no longer start by saying "hi". 

And it's Sir ;P

it sounds too formal like you're from a company so i'd prefer it if you didn't personally, making me feel more comfortable here, nothing against you Madame/Sir but yeah :P

Yes it does. 

Habit from emails I suppose!

just curious anil: why do you ALWAYS say hi in every post of yours? :P

This reminds me of when I was younger. People pretending to be making fun of me to wind me up. So in a way they were making fun of me. Does that make sense to you? (Not in a rude way)

Hi 

I believe Outraged was expressing his/her displeasure at a comment in the Big Bang Theory TV show, where one of the characters (Sheldon) is heavily implied to have autism. He's often made fun of, which can be controversial. 

Anil please explain?

Hi Outraged.

Thanks for sharing that. Big Bang Theory comes up on social media every now and then, with some people thinking positively of Sheldon's portrayal of autism, and others less impressed.

That wasn't a very kind quote by any means, surprised I've not come across more about it. 

Best wishes,
Anil