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Originally Posted by Aviator1211

I would like to see that doctors diagnosis. He is in full control of his faculties. He used to stay near the fountain with no screaming. He just craves attention and has become much bolder over the years. Clearly, not Asperger's.

Is that your qualified medical opinion?

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Originally Posted by Aviator1211

I've seen him walking back to his cart. After he leaves the square there is no screaming, no odd behavior. Perfectly normal. He can clearly turn it on and off at will.

He has grown much bolder over time. Just as would be expected from an attention seeker.

You mean the same way anonymous posters are bold about thinking they are qualified to medically diagnose and talk about someone’s health publicly?

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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Totally avoided the question. Nice side step.
But, back to my question. Mark has a "condition" that he can't control. He acts out in certain ways that bring him unwanted attention. He is (we assume) aware that the stimuli of the sights and sounds at the music venues trigger his actions that elicit the looks and comments that make him unhappy. Knowing all this, one wonders why he continues to choose to expose himself to stimuli that will trigger his episodes and, ultimately, make him unhappy? Is it like a drug that gives you a temporary high that you know is ultimately let you down? I know that after my third trip to emergency one hockey season, the doctor suggested I might want to quit hockey and take up a less painful game, like checkers. When I said, "or chess",she remarked that after three trips to emergency it was obvious I wasn't smart enough for chess.
So, why the need to go to a place where he doesn't want the looks or comments?

Bad premise. He is in complete control of his behavior. Off the square and at Walmart he does not scream. He is an attention seeker who is using the compassion of others to obtain the attention he is seeking.

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Originally Posted by sandyblanquera@gmail.com

You mean the same way anonymous posters are bold about thinking they are qualified to medically diagnose and talk about someone’s health publicly?

Have you seen his medcal report? Aren't you making assumptions? The fact is, off the square and at Walmart he is in perfect control of his faculties. He does not scream. He is an attention seeker who is enabled by well-meaning but terribly misguided compassionate people.

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Originally Posted by sandyblanquera@gmail.com

Is that your qualified medical opinion?

Where is yours?

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Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com

I’ve been smoking that controlled substance since I was a teenager ,I’m now 84 . I can tell you that screaming is not one of the byproducts of that controlled substance .

He can control Asperger’s about as well as people on this thread can control their judgy comments. Judgement is a terrible disease. It’s also on public display on this thread, the Villages online square. I can picture all of the judgy posters holding their pointing sticks while they make thei judgy comments. Looks like we have a lot of town square screamers.

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Originally Posted by Aviator1211

Go to Spanish Springs and it will be painfully obvious. I have also heard him called the conductor, and the village idiot.

There should be a separate thread that publicly roasts each person on here who name calls. Even if you heard it, there is no reason to repeat it publicly. Anonymous posting is dangerous because people feel invisible to do whatever they want with no repercussions. #uglybehavior

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Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com

hmmmm less dangerous then all the pizza and big steaks eaten by many here , everything in moderation , I was smart enough and quick enough to last 40 years in some of the worst places in the world and collecting a 6 figure pension for 24 years , so a little weed and little Miles , Coltrane and Ahmad Jamal makes Charlie a happy guy

Wel, toot toot! Your horn is working!

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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

So. We have to put up with the eccentricities of others in public places like the Villages' Squares.

Yes! God forbid. I have to put up with all the snarky judgy people who complain about every little thing that offends their sensibilities on this public forum!

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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Bands in the Villages are probably used to odd people being in their audiences as would most of the Villagers I have met. There are many people in the Villages with memory care problems of varying degrees of severity. Look up sundowning for instance in which a patient with dementia or some other mental problem starts yelling.

There are also lots of judgy snarky TOV people who “yell” online. They seek a lot of attention by posting controversial posts that publicly sacrifice human beings for their own gain. Can we talk about them for awhile instead?

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God Bless Mark.

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We are full time and look forward to seeing Mark when we go to the square, which is quite often. His passion and enjoyment of the music is a joy to watch and his screams are always on beat and appropriately timed to the lyrics.

One of the best things about TV IMO is the tolerance shown towards others and the wide array of humanity that exists here.

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Originally Posted by manaboutown

This is now a world without common sense. Allow some screaming screwball to disrupt the enjoyment of music by hundreds of law abiding folks, night after night; place a (silent) plastic flamingo in your front yard and the authorities are all over it like a bad rash.

I’m sorry you are so upset about your plastic flamingos. Don’t take it out on people with disabilities tho. The two things are not related. He didn’t ask to be made the way he is; the same way you didn’t ask to be made….well you get the point. We are who we are with or without our flamingos.

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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

A note about sundowning by seniors. This is probably a lot more common problem for nightly entertainment than some man with Asperger's trying to enjoy himself in a public place.

How to Deal With Sundowners: Advice From Caregivers | CaringBridge

Sundowning and dementia | Alzheimer's Society

Good info. Do you have any regarding online bullies who fixate on people with a disability?

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Originally Posted by Gpsma

His right to enjoy the music ends when he deprives others of their enjoyment.

Well you can always enjoy TV at home. I personally enjoy him so not everyone finds him unenjoyable.