MissJiira said:Tugar said:
I agree with ayuxx here, I feel as if in the beginning it really seemed like she was slightly autistic. She was unable to take care of herself and emotions and proper social skills were all foreign to her. But this could all be due to the fact that she spent years of her life just studying art and painting and not interacting with her peers like normal kids. As the series goes on and she gets more exposure you can really see how she starts to change. Its as if shes maturing more and more socially, just at a later time in her life since she got a slow start.
Speaking from experience I can confidently say Shiina indeed has a form of autism. There are many forms, in which each autistic person could fall into very different ends of the 'symptoms pool'
Two aspergers could be very different just because one has a different and unique set of symptoms compared to the other. So just because shiina doesn't show all the symptoms or specific symtpoms, doesn't mean she doesnt have a form of autism.
With the whole 'learnt to socialize' thing, I can totally vouch for that not affecting her diagnosis at all. In fact, I've been through similar myself. Autism majorly affects social abilities and ones ability to effectively communicate both verbally and nonverbally, and for Shiina this plays a big role in
her relationship with Sorata.
Typical of aspergers/autistic people is that we struggle to communicate effectively. Whether that be speech related or simply not knowing how to touch on these topics, we all struggle.
Shiina as we've seen has blossomed and grown since the first episode in terms of social skills. Does this mean she was never impaired? No. Autistic people if given the time and nurture and a good environment, can and will learn how to overcome their inability to socialize.
The problem isnt that they cant socialize 'end of story' no its more in the learning aspect. I struggled greatly for the longest time and it was obvious to those around me that something wasnt quite right but over time I was given many opportunities to learn and develop my social skills, how to jump the hurdles so I can socialize adequately enough to work well with other's. Now I've reached a point where people can hardly tell that I have Aspergers.
So im just saying, it's not impossible for Shiina to have autism and have learnt how to overcome these obstacles. Of course its not as easy as that, it takes time and even then all the time and nurture in the world cant overcome the issues given because of autism 100% but, it can make life easier.
Seriously though, Shiina has autism. Undoubtedly.