Stuff Asperger People Like

Anybody who’s watched the nerdy and sometimes annoying Sheldon on Big Bang Theory AND has any knowledge of Asperger’s syndrome has definitely made some connections.

Mayim Bialik, who plays Sheldon’s girlfriend on the show has a few opinions on the matter, and as a neuroscientist who took a break from the screen at UCLA, has some great theories on why no one is quick to label Sheldon just yet…She also has some great theories on everybody else’s eccentricities, including Leonard and Stuart.

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The news is in and it is confirmed. Men and women really do have different brains. Autistics have even different brains.

So says Simon Baron-Cohen and a group of colleagues at the University of Cambridge after concluding a study that included approximately 700,000 people in the United Kingdom.

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In the world of discovery and invention, it’s often been said that women are left out of the ending credits to the film.

An article from Scientific American suggests this may be true for accurately describing those with Asperger’s or autism.

Ladies, be prepared to either rejoice or roll your eyes in contempt as you read about a Russian’s reports of several adolescents in the early 1920s.

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A man with Asperger’s has turned his home into a giant cat maze for his feline mates.

In the world of light-hearted humor, here’s a video from an HLN episode that aired several years ago.

It was posted to a website called, of all things, The Frisky, not the site for the brand of cat food, but isn’t it cute and ironic all the same?

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The world of testing for disease has expanded more than ever.

While autism is thought to originate from a variety of causes, one company, NeuroPointDX, is assessing whether the processing of certain amino acids may be linked to those on the spectrum.

This week, the company debuted what is recognized as the first blood test for autism.

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Netflix has renewed Atypical for a third season.

The series chronicles the life of a teenager with Asperger’s named Sam, played by Keir Gilchrist, as he begins to encounter the world of girls.

But he may be more interested in his therapist girl.

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Bradley Hennessey is convinced that, “games can do anything,” and he’s out to prove gaming can enhance the lives of those with autism with his newly developed game, An Aspie’s Life, which was on display at one of Australia’s largest gaming conventions, Penny Arcade Expo Australia in Melbourne.

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Aspergers on the stage in Ireland. Aspergers on the stage in the states.

This must be the season for Aspergers in the arts!

Dancing Lessons by Mark St. Germain takes a look at a professor with Asperger’s syndrome who requests the assistance of a temporary decommissioned Broadway star to teach him the moves she made before injuring her leg.

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