While hosting the ‘Saturday Night Live‘ show, SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk disclosed that he has Asperger’s syndrome. He said, “I’m actually making history tonight as the first person with Asperger’s to host SNL. Or at least the first to admit it.”
After Elon Musk talking about his Asperger’s syndrome, he talks about how his “vision for the future includes renewable energy and humanity must become a multi-planetary space bearing civilization.” He made fun of his past tweets, joked about how his child’s name is articulated like a “cat stumbling into a keyboard” and called attention to that he “reinvented electric cars and is sending people to Mars on a rocket ship.”
NBC circulated SNL utilizing a worldwide YouTube live stream interestingly to permit global fans the chance to watch simultaneously as U.S. crowds. But then for some, Musk was an astonishing decision of host for SNL. SNL ordinarily taps joke artists, entertainers, and musicians for the job. His questionable takes on the COVID-19 pandemic and anti-union sentiments made many reprove the choice.
What is Asperger’s Syndrome?
Asperger’s Syndrome is a developmental disorder. Youngsters with Asperger’s Syndrome struggle identifying with others socially and their conduct and figuring examples can be unbending and monotonous.
Mostly, kids and teenagers with Asperger’s Syndrome can talk with others and can perform genuinely well in their school work. Although, they experience difficulty understanding social circumstances and unobtrusive types of correspondence like non-verbal communication, humor, sarcasm, and mockery. They may likewise think and gab around one subject or interest or just want to do a little array of activities. These interests can also get over the top and meddle with regular day-to-day existence, instead of giving the youngster a solid social or sporting outlet.
Boys are three to four times more probable than girls to have Asperger’s Syndrome. Most cases are analyzed between the ages of five and nine. Also, some exceptions are analyzed at the age of three.
Symptoms
- Improper or less social interactions.
- Discussions that rotate around themselves or a certain topic, rather than others.
- Unable to understand emotions well.
- Having less facial expression than others.
- Speech that sounds unusual, such as flat, high-pitched, quiet, loud, or robotic.
- Can’t use or understand nonverbal communication, such as gestures, body language, and facial expression.
- An intense obsession with one or two specific, narrow subjects.
- Becoming upset at any small changes in routines.
- Memorizing preferred information and facts easily.
- Clumsy, uncoordinated movements, including difficulty with handwriting.
- Difficulty managing emotions, sometimes leading to verbal or behavioral outbursts, self-injurious behaviors, or tantrums.
- Difficulty in understanding others’ feelings or perspectives.
- Extreme sensitivity to lights, sounds, and textures.
Treatments
- Social skills training.
- Behavior supports.
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy.
- Parent education and training.
- Speech-language therapy.
- Occupational therapy.
- Special education classes.
- Medication.