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iluvnooyawk in asperger

Aspie characters on tv - Brick from The Middle

Aug 08, 2010 00:39

Who thinks that Brick Heck from The Middle on ABC (in the US) has Asperger's?

He has some traits: he does that echolalia whisper thing and apparently he remembers every word he's ever read and he does not have very good social skills.http://www.hulu.com/

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polygonia August 8 2010, 05:33:17 UTC

Possibly
I adore that kid.
He reminds me of me when I was a kid because I'd take out a zillion library books and take a long time to bring them back.

Oops... Still like that!

codeman38 August 8 2010, 05:52:33 UTC

Heh, I think I made a post in which I said the same thing a while back... ::looks::

Yep. I did.

iluvnooyawk August 8 2010, 06:24:04 UTC

Oops! I checked the tags but I probably didn't search well enough. Sorry for the double post folks.

codeman38 August 8 2010, 17:18:01 UTC

No big deal; I did post it in November of last year.

nekusagi August 8 2010, 16:30:58 UTC

I think he does, and I like that the show actually encourages acceptance of this rather than making him magically cure in a very special episode.

The cookout episode started out with him going through some social skills tutoring program that looked like the ones we've probably all been through in special education, then ended with his dad telling him it was okay for him to be the way he was.

I'm happy the writers did that, instead of ending it with him making a million friends. Maybe one of them is aspie?