Actor RJ Mitte rose to fame at the age of 14 when he was cast as Walter White Jr in cult series Breaking Bad. He has cerebral palsy and was bullied when he was younger because of his disability. "I had my hand broken, my foot broken, I was slammed on the ground," he says.
On the hit AMC television series Breaking Bad, RJ Mitte portrayed Walter "Flynn" White Jr., a young man with cerebral palsy (CP), the neurologic condition that Mitte was diagnosed with as a toddler.
Mitte was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at age 3; after his diagnosis, doctors put his legs in casts for 6 months to straighten his feet. He used leg braces and crutches for most of his childhood until his body became strong enough to walk without them.
But the truth is, Walt Jr. was cast as having cerebral palsy—as he does in real life—because it is an easy disease for insurance companies to call a pre-existing condition.
RJ Mitte was diagnosed with a mild form of cerebral palsy as a toddler. His character, Walter Jr., in Breaking Bad, also has cerebral palsy, but uses crutches and has a partial speech impairment, which RJ doesn't.
Roy Frank "RJ" Mitte III (/ˈmɪti/; born August 21, 1992) is an American actor, best known for playing Walter White Jr. on the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008–2013). Like his character on the show, he has cerebral palsy. After moving to Hollywood in 2006, he began training with a personal talent manager.
By examining the social and internal interactions of the character Walter White, it is clear that he could be clinically diagnosed with a narcissistic personality disorder.
He has cerebral palsy, as manifested in speech difficulties and impaired motor control, for which he uses crutches.
Is Cerebral Palsy a Form of Autism? Cerebral palsy is not a form of autism. According to the Mayo Clinic, cerebral palsy — which develops after the brain suffers severe damage before, during, or shortly after birth — causes problems with muscle control and tone, movement, and posture.
Walter White doesn't show one symptom of autism. He relates to the people around him just fine, has no sensory issues whatsoever, and expresses his emotions in a rather unremarkable way.
Many children with milder forms of cerebral palsy have average survival times similar to those of the general population. Children with mild cerebral palsy have a 99% chance of living to 20 years old, whereas children with severe cerebral palsy have a 40% chance, according to Dr. Ananya Mandal.
There is no cure for CP, but treatment can improve the lives of those who have the condition. It is important to begin a treatment program as early as possible.
It can be presumed that she was a 90th percentile bookkeeper while working for Beneke Fabricators. According to Payscale, 90th percentile bookkeepers in the US earn around $111,000 annually. While this is a decent sum, Skyler didn't keep the job for long. At the start of the series, she had quit her job.
In a DNA sequencing study of 50 patients with cerebral palsy, about 1 in 4 had an identifiable genetic cause. Cerebral palsy (CP) has widely been viewed as the result of perinatal oxygen deprivation or other birth-related factors like prematurity. For many children, this is true.
Although it took some viewers (including this one) a while to catch on, most everyone agrees that Walt's call to Skyler was intended for the police he knew would be listening, that in casting her as a terrified woman under the thumb of a homicidally violent drug kingpin, he was trying to exonerate her, to absorb her ...
You see, in season two of Breaking Bad, Walt sexually assaults Skyler. You might not remember this, and I couldn't blame you. It didn't cause too much of a stir. The assault is violent; he yanks down her underwear and pushes her into a submissive position against the refrigerator.
While some children do not experience pain alongside their cerebral palsy symptoms, many patients experience cerebral palsy pain when they reach adulthood. Around 75% of adults with cerebral palsy experience chronic pain according to the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine.
Generally, children born with cerebral palsy can expect to live between 30 and 70 years on average. Those with the longest life expectancies usually have more mobility, better medical care and adaptive equipment and greater autonomy and independence. There is no cure for cerebral palsy and the condition lasts for life.
Most children with Cerebral Palsy can live long, happy, quality lives. Admittedly, their care may involve more visits to the doctor, require therapy or medications, and perhaps surgery. They may be evaluated for early intervention, special education services and assistive technology.
145 is a good estimate of Walter White's IQ. That's just above genius level, which is 140.
At some point during his childhood he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and thus received impaired motor control, for which he relied on the use of crutches.
Jesse Pinkman
After "dueling" with a criminal named Neil over a share of Todd's money, Jesse was able to pay for the service and begins a new life in Alaska. He left a letter for his former girlfriend's son, Brock, one of Breaking Bad's most victimized characters, but otherwise didn't say goodbye to anyone.
Throughout Breaking Bad, Jesse finds himself constantly suffering as a result of his involvement in Walter's business. He's beaten, nearly killed multiple times, imprisoned, and suffers severe anxiety and depression as a result of his experiences.
Numerous characters in television shows are informally described as psychopaths. Examples include Natalie Buxton in Bad Girls, Sean Slater and Michael Moon in EastEnders, Dexter Morgan in Dexter, Tuco Salamanca in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, and Frank Underwood in House of Cards.
At this point, Tuco's behavior suggests he could be either a psychopath or a sociopath. While Tuco does show emotional detachment towards others' well-being, what differentiates him from a psychopath is his impulsive behavior.