[Blue Cadillac]

Originally Posted by parmnion

yes, but the numbers isn't the point i'm discussing. The point is they are both strenious and stressful situations. I dont know if i'm correct in saying this, but id imagine that aspergers sufferers would find them both equally stressfull.

Yes, quite. You are right - both are stressful situations for an Asperger's person. However, I'd take a stab that your girlfriend's son who has Asperger's, fronts a band and plays a lead role in a play for its pure enjoyment - as opposed to Abz who has entered the Big Brother house, for, hmmmm ........the monetary element, at a guess?? Would he have done it purely for 'the experience', I wonder?

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.

[Pincho Paxton]

Originally Posted by Blue Cadillac

Yes, quite. You are right - both are stressful situations for an Asperger's person. However, I'd take a stab that your girlfriend's son who has Asperger's, fronts a band and plays a lead role in a play for its pure enjoyment - as opposed to Abz who has entered the Big Brother house, for, hmmmm ........the monetary element, at a guess?? Would he have done it purely for 'the experience', I wonder?

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.

If he has Aspergers his decision to tell people could be down to his Aspergers. So of course he would tell people. Decisions are slightly different.