Is Ashley retarded..?
 

..or have some other kind of mental deficiency?

I struggle to make out what he says, but when I can it's as if he is very young emotionally.

I sort of thought that too, or maybe just a bit slow.

i think so too yeah

Nah, I think he's just all brawn and no brains. Kinda like David Beckham.

he's acts like he's 12

I thought I was the only one that noticed that.
That guy is really dumb.

Emotionally young sounds about right, with the way he's handled the whole Rhian thing

can't say I've found him particularly dumb so far tbh.

He acts younger than his years

I really don't like the word 'retarded'

Who's Ashley, is he Harvey's little brother... I tend to agree he not the brightest penny in the box, and his sidekick Harvey speaks a strange street language ... Innit..!!!!

No wonder you cannot understand him, I can't either. Unless you speak like a "Gangsta" these days most kids sound like they're speaking a foreign language to me. :conf: Hate it!

He has ADHD, which would leave him a bit immature.

He's autistic, innit.

I don't think he is retarded, but I do not think he is very mature for his age. He keeps stating he is a nice guy. Surely that is for others to judge, not himself. He doesn't seem to handle certain situations very well at all.

Of course he's retarded.

Let's not make excuses for him.

Theres an Ashley in the house.. I've fallen behind on this series

You may believe so but I am certainly not making any excuses for him. He just seems a bit of a dick sometimes.

retarded or not retarded
im not a fan

retarded or not retarded
im not a fan

I think he's dimmer than a 10w energy-saving bulb..

And about as interesting.

He's from the same area as me and just like everyone there that age the topics are strictly money, drugs or girls. Anything else and they're like a rabbit in headlights. He's certainly out of his depth with people like Julian in there. I'd have thought that coming out the area and going to different places would have helped him but it seems he's just the same one-dimensional vacuous person as the rest of them. I never thought I'd be discussing someone like Ashley, and I don't really want to, but he happens to be on the show I love but really there's nothing much to discuss, what you see is what you get. Like I've said before his inclusion is a total waste of housemate.

He said he was a trouble maker when he was younger and then he got into judo. Since he made the Olympics I assume that means he trained constantly. I know a lot of Olympians quit school and do home tutoring in order to have more training time. I assume he never really had the chance to mature socially and he's stuck at whatever age he was when he started. Every time he speaks that's what it looks like to me.
I don't think hes a bad guy but he is kinda hard to watch.

Do people actually still use the word "retarded"?

"I don't think he is retarded, but I do not think he is very mature for his age. He keeps stating he is a nice guy. Surely that is for others to judge, not himself. He doesn't seem to handle certain situations very well at all. "

Yes he is Young