According to the producers of The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon Cooper isn't actually autistic. Although many people speculate that he might have autism or asperger's based on his behaviors, there's one person who can truly give a satisfying answer to that question: Mayim Bialik.
Sheldon often gets talked about in terms of Asperger's or OCD. He has a thing with germs, he has a thing with numbers, he's got a lot of that precision that we see in OCD. There's a lot of interesting features to all of our characters that make them technically unconventional socially.
This is ironic because according to the producers of The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon Cooper isn't actually autistic.
Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory, the popular CBS sitcom. (It was the only award for the series.) In 2009, Paul Collins took a close look at Sheldon's hilarious, geeky, gawky character and argued that although the series never describes him as such, Sheldon is the first sitcom star to have Asperger's syndrome.
Jim is an actor who portrayed the character of Sheldon and he has played many other parts as well. He has never spoken about Asperger's or autism in a context other than when he was playing the part for The Big Bang Theory, so it is very unlikely Parsons is autistic. Advertisement.
Sheldon's asexuality is a major part of his characterization because among his eccentricities such as not understanding common social cues or making a certain spot on the couch be his designated “space,” he was consistently romantically uninterested in women and was repulsed by the idea and act of sex.
The principal difference between autism and what was once diagnosed as Asperger's is that the latter features milder symptoms and an absence of language delays. Most children who were previously diagnosed with Asperger's have good language skills but may have difficulty “fitting in” with their peers.
IQ Score: 187
He is truly a genius, and Sheldon Cooper's IQ literally proves it.
One of the most famous people with Asperger's Syndrome is popular comedic actor Dan Aykroyd. He had already been expelled from two different schools by the time a doctor diagnosed him with mild Asperger's as a child. Since then, Aykroyd has been pretty honest and up-front about his experiences with the autism spectrum.
Sheldon Cooper is narcissistic, socially awkward, childish, hurtful, naive, irascible, selfish, rude, and irrepressible. He is also extremely popular with viewers and even lovable.
We had already shot and aired several episodes before I was ever asked the Asperger's-or-autism question. I asked the writers, and they were like, No, he doesn't have it. It's been useful to us to utilize some of those "Aspergian" traits, but we need to be able to move away from it if we want to.
Leonard has an IQ of 173, and was 24 years old when he received his PhD from Princeton University. Leonard also received a dissertation of the year award for his doctoral paper on experimental particle physics.
Sheldon, played by Jim Parsons, casually mentions to Bernadette's father that his father, George Cooper Sr., passed away when he was only 14 years old in The Big Bang Theory's seventh season.
Originally Answered: Why does Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) have red hands? According to his co-stars, Jim Parsons washes his hands incessantly. His hands appear very red on screen sometimes.
Dan Aykroyd
Since his diagnosis, Aykroyd has been vocal and honest about his experiences on the autism spectrum; he is one of the most well-known autistic actors. According to the Oscar-nominated actor and writer, Asperger's even helped Aykroyd develop his famous Ghostbusters character.
Jacqueline Laurita
The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Jacqueline Laurita has a son with autism. Laurita and her husband noticed developmental delays when their son was young. He was officially diagnosed when he was two years old. Laurita has become very open about her family's journey and experiences with autism.
Penny, meanwhile, has an IQ of 97, as CBR reports. It's also worth noting that the show goes out of the way to display Penny as not very bright: “she was dense enough to think the Cold War was fought in winter” and “she didn't even know how to spell Asthma.”
The appropriately named Marilyn vos Savant is in a class of her own. According to Guinness World Records, her astonishing IQ of 228 is the highest ever recorded. The daughter of an Italian and a German immigrant, vos Savant was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1946.
Albert Einstein likely never took an IQ test but is estimated to have a 160 IQ—but even that can't stand up to these masterminds.
Autism spectrum disorder and ADHD are related in several ways. ADHD is not on the autism spectrum, but they have some of the same symptoms. And having one of these conditions increases the chances of having the other. Experts have changed the way they think about how autism and ADHD are related.
In some ways Williams syndrome is the opposite of autism. For example, people with Williams syndrome love to talk and tell stories, whereas those with autism usually have language delay and little imagination. Many people with Williams syndrome draw disjointed pictures, some with autism draw pictures in perfect detail.
Diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be difficult because there is no medical test, like a blood test, to diagnose the disorder. Doctors look at the child's developmental history and behavior to make a diagnosis. ASD can sometimes be detected at 18 months of age or younger.
On The Big Bang's spin off show "Young Sheldon," Sheldon's father is played by the man playing Leonard's bully in this episode.
Season 12 of the show saw the couple conflicted about whether or not to have children, with Penny initially being against the idea, before becoming unexpectedly pregnant in the season finale. While the finale proved to be popular amongs fans, Cuoco wanted her character to remain childless.