Talk:Autism

To do

• List things Chris has blamed on his autism (like inability to get a girlfriend).
• the e-mail from the Miyamoto saga where he discusses the differences between autism and Asperger's syndrome.
• possible insight from the song A-U-T-ISM. --Champthom 09:39, 23 March 2009 (CET)

Question for people who know anything about psychology

This is just something I was thinking lately - I realised that good character design needs empathy too. Would anyone say that Chris's lack of empathy also shows up in his character designs? Because to me, he seems to be unable to come up with characters that are outside of his own capabilities, or their polar opposites. His "hero" characters all seem to think like he does. For example, Simonla (or whoever it was) in the date ed episode wanted to name her daughter before she's even found her date - because that's what Chris does too. His villain characters seem to be all based on his views and prejudices, and polar opposites of what he believes in, which makes it easier for him to picture them. Just look at Jason's rant in the Rage Against Garbage: rather than giving the characters unique personalities, he makes them list why they are evil. Good guys are good guys because they do things that are positive in Chris's mind, and bad guys are bad because they do things Chris doesn't approve of. --wwwwolf (wake me when you need me) 13:30, 11 July 2009 (CEST)