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In reply to the discussion: I think Mitt has Aspergers Syndrome [View all]Robyn66
(1,675 posts)I have a daughter with Asperger's syndrome. She is brilliant and although she has had difficulty with empathy and public interaction in the past she has ALWAYS been a person who cared deeply for those around her even though she didn't always know the right way to project it. She was always a hugger, and as she grew she cared for and protected those younger and more disabled than she is. She has more compassion for disabled and people many who would cringe away from She jumps in. She has survived a life time of bullying to be in the National Honor Society and one of her many ambitions has been to be a pediatrician with Doctors without borders.
I will contrast with my brother who has never been diagnosed and who I believe 100% has aspergers. In spite of this wonderful Romney care in Massachusetts there is no way for him to get a diagnosis and the help he needs apparently. He is also out of touch, a cellar dweller at my fathers house and has his cat and is a huge wrestling Dr. Who and Star Trek nerd. He is a blast to be around and I just adore him. Again there are a lot of things that make him not fit in to society but through it all he is a very loving individual.
Is Romney on the spectrum and undiagnosed? WHo knows, it seems he had a family of people who would have noticed something was off even though there was no such thing as Autism discussed at the time. Being on the spectrum is extremely complicated and people on the spectrum do not have PSYCHOTIC TENDENCIES that is a disgusting and bigoted thing to for anyone to say. People tend to throw the label of Autism and Aspergers at everything and it is far from that easy.
Romney is a privileged rich man who doesn't give a shit about the rest of us. I dont think there is anything more than that.