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Although MGG (actor who plays him) has said in many interviews that Reid is autistic, with mild Schizophrenia,
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It's entirely possible that MGG could be misinformed! But autism isn't just socially awkward geniuses, and I hate to see that idea bandied about involving Reid's character, because he's not, is nowhere near autistic. Just awkward.

Nope, not a bit!
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"I don't think Reid has autism, but that he does more or less have at least a mild case of Asperger's Syndrome.

I was actually diagnosed with a mild case of it about three years ago, and had done all my research on it afterwards. It does create a "socially-awkward genius" situation for the people who have it, and sometimes the "socially awkward" part only manifests itself in certain situations and can cause people to ramble on about a certain subject - like Reid often does.

So I would say that he does have a mild case of Asperger's, like myself. But not autism, which is commonly confused with the aformentioned."

"Um...do you happen to remember where MGG said Reid was autistic/mildly schizophrenic?

I personally don't think the character shows signs of either one of these conditions, so I'd really like to see/reed why MGG says that.

Thanks"

"Don't get me wrong - a little flirting here and there is fine, but I thought this was just too much. It took away from the case too much. Not only does it not seem like something Reid would do, but it was obvious even then that this little Reid-n'-Lila thing was not going to last more than one episode. All in all, not my favourite episode. "