Talk:Season 7/@comment-91.101.96.164-20130811223027/@comment-67.255.16.136-20130811230325

The only problem with this is that the writers and show have not said that Sheldon is autistic. Sheldon has SAID on the show that he 1) got beat up every other day, 2) suffered years of painful noogies, 3) got teased by having 'dog poop smeared on his bicycle handles,' 4) had his trapper keeper stolen from him, 5) got bullied in the bathroom (swirlies), etc...and - 6) for years he has been uncomfortable with people getting too close and he is trying to overcome that. It is noticeable that he does not mind getting hugs - or being touched - by his mother, or by others (Penny) when he is ill and needs vapo-rub rubbed on him. Also - he hates dealing with feelings - it's 'too hippy-dippy.' His inability to read facial expressions is not, by itself, the result of being autistic. Until the writers indicate that Sheldon is autistic (they might, they might not) we cannot make assumptions. Re: novels, scripts, etc  if it's not on the page, it isn't there. Let the writers make that determination. I was the one that thought that Sheldon does not like interactions w/ people due to having so many painful memories. I still think that - and it is based solely on what has been revealed thru BBT dialog, not on what has not been said.