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I've recently been enthralled by the gay comedian Jim Parsons's portrayal, in "The Big Bang Theory", of the decidedly aspie theoretical physicist Dr Sheldon Cooper. There's a zone of indistinction between Cooper's aspie/OCD tics and traits and high camp: the high pitch and swooping tone of the voice, the deliberateness of enunciation and facial expression, the waspish directness, the bemused distance from "normal" sociality. Cooper's a comedic stereotype, but which stereotype? And wasn't there always a queer subtext in the character of the mad professor? Dominic On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 1:17 AM, chris Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 26/10/12 22:52, Dominic Fox wrote: > >> that there were such people as >> aspies >> > > The other thing I question is making aspies a part of the autism spectrum, > according to the latest diagnostic manuals. This is a categorical error > which will only harm the special needs of aspies. > > Basically, is is simply wrong to consider aspies as autistism on this > scale??? > > > -- > http://www.abdevpoetics.**blogspot.com.au<http://www.abdevpoetics.blogspot.com.au> > http://www.facebook.com/**christopher.c.jones.161<http://www.facebook.com/christopher.c.jones.161> > -- Shall we be pure or impure? Today we shall be very pure. It must always be possible to contain impurities in a pure way. --Tarmo Uustalu and Varmo Vene