Quote:
|
Quote:
He now lives on a secluded farm and doesn't socialise that often hes only doing BB to get a house. Just because you know one person with the illness you shouldn't really imply others are faking it (which I think you may be trying to do here). |
5ive star Abz has revealed that his withdrawn behaviour since entering the Celebrity Big Brother house is the result of Asperger's Syndrome.
The singer was in the Diary Room when he made the admission while referring to model Sophie Anderton’s outspoken behaviour the previous night. He said: ‘The drink’s kinda messing with people, I don’t really go out and party anymore. Sophie was telling me that I need to come out of my shell and really shine, it’s good advice, I can’t knock that. ‘But what people don’t know about me is I‘ve got this condition; it’s a kind of autism called Asbergers.’ Five star Abz admits he has Asperger Syndrome during a chat with Big Brother in the Diary Room Opening up: 5ive star Abz admits he has Asperger Syndrome during a chat with Big Brother in the Diary Room He added: ‘It’s a personal thing but it makes it difficult for me in certain scenarios when people want the sparkly bright Abz all the time. ‘I only found out a couple of years ago so it’s all new to me but I’m trying to make the best of it.’ Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...#ixzz2d8RRvuTP Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
My son was diagnosed Asperger's Syndrome many years ago. Asperger's people can display many signs of ritualistic behaviour and obsessions, are very much literal thinkers, and often misunderstand unspoken signals. Speaking from personal experience, my son is quite the introvert, and there's no way he'd want attention drawn to himself. I'm not saying it's impossible, but I certainly think it's highly unusual that someone with Asperger's would put themselves in such a situation whereby thousands of people are watching them on TV, not to mention the fact that they have to share a house with a bunch of strangers.
|
Quote:
|
I sometimes think that those diagnosed with OCD have Asperger's Syndrome, I was told years ago that if the autistic spectrum was a clock my son was ten past one....
After being told he was ADHD and DCD I thought feck the lot of you! He is just jake! :D |
Quote:
|
Well abz certainly doesn't detect sarcasm. There was a time he was talking to Mario and Mario was referring to how stressful this house was gonna be. Then Mario said "mate can you teach me how to meditate" in a sarcastic way and abz replied with "im no guru mate" Mario replied "no i ment because its gonna get real tough in here" then a silence broke out for the next 1 min before Danielle came.
I believe him tbfh. |
Quote:
|
Well exactly I guess there will be those with mild social anxiety and pragmatic difficulties, and those whose idiosyncrasies are more pronounced.
|
Quote:
|
there was a guy who won bb who had some sort of problem involving speech which mysteriously disappeared after he won...
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
However, I'd put myself out there to say that those with Aspergers are generally very high functioning with often above average intelligence, and so there's every possibility the person with Aspergers WOULD know the difference between a million people and, say, a few hundred. |
There are different levels of Autism, and Aspergers. Some people say that Einstein, and Newton had Autism.
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
Frankly, I am questioning whether Abz needed to tell the nation that he had Asperger's in the first instance, or whether it was to gain credibility of some degree? Anyway, regardless, I'm not disagreeing with you entirely - I'm just reserving judgement temporarily, and I could be completely wrong about him. |
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
Yeah, sleeping on it I think it was less about him saying he had a "condition" and more the way he said it ..... Like his "condition" required sympathy In my house, my boys have aspergers - that's it. No sympathy required, just a little understanding for them. Their brains just process differently, that's it. As I said before, I think it's just because I don't like him with his stupid false accent looking a little sad he had this "condition" I probably haven't explained myself well on here, but I know what I mean :D |
Quote:
In his defence though: he only brought it up in relation to somebody telling him he needed to come out of himself a bit more and be a bit livelier and more involved. And, given he's only recently been diagnosed (two years I think he said?) he hasn't been brought up with the knowledge he has aspergers, and therefore the 'normality' of that. He's probably had all sorts of minor issues with interaction and social situations his whole life and only now has a name for what makes him that way. He's probably spent half his life wondering what was 'wrong'. I got the impression he wasn't really looking for sympathy. Just a little understanding that this particular thing (coming out of himself and being more involved in the group) can be problematic, maybe takes a little longer for him. I suspect anything he said about it would be annoying though, because of that accent :p |
All times are GMT. The time now is 09:04 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.