Ah shucks. Well, let’s make peace. Got a toke? Jk I’ll take a good cigar tho.

It was a question, no observation was provided. My advice and observation is this, however: If you are going to make medical statements about another person’s medical condition, without being a certified medical provider, you could perhaps be seen as someone who is lacking in credibility and basis. To get people to care about an opinion, one needs to build a fact base to support that idea. For instance, identifying 15 comments on this thread as biased statements that lack facts is a way for someone to prove that 15 trolls are attacking an innocent man.

You are warming my heart today Joe! Thanks for standing up. You did your good deed for today.

I find this to be one of the most disturbing threads I’ve read on TOTV.

Hats off to the compassionate people who have supported this disabled gentleman and treated him kindly. For the other self-serving, navel inspecting crowd.. there is Karma.

That feels invasive.I would also recoil. Perhaps you could just walk away from him instead?

So I am guessing you have little knowledge of professional performers. Our Granddaughter, while performing solo point, with an audience of 500, during a 5’ high leap broke her point shoe at landing. Did she break an ankle no, but continued to finish her performance with a broken shoe. If someone is performing Swan, a light crash down on the stage , and they would still continue, just avoid the mess:clap2: Have seen that happen couple times.

A visitor has a better percentage of falling from a child, or trip walking up the stairs, or catch their foot on a chair, than Mark, or a screaming child causing them to fall. And one would not have to be “New” to do so.

It's very true. It's human nature...

Murder of Kitty Genovese - Wikipedia

Just as qualified as most of the other "medical" opinions...

You mean pretty much everyone on this thread?

That's very judgmental of you...

It seems that half the commenters here think Mark is just fine and his screaming is a normal expression of who he is as a man on the ASD spectrum.The other half are irritated and upset by his presence and actions as they can’t have an enjoyable evening listening to music and relaxing if there are loud shouts and screams. Both arguments have merit so maybe there should be a middle ground approach on this.

Also, there have been other threads about disruptive or odd people at the squares that upset some people and delight others. I guess this is just the inevitable byproduct of the “village square” concept in a community of over 100,000 people in a free and heterogeneous society.

I would like to see your medical degree that might indicate you are competent to have an opinion.

You continue to make it personal, attacking me nonstop. First you copied all my posts into a thread and shared it…except the posts you didn’t like. I was lighthearted about it. Then you called me a troll for standing up to bullies. Again I kept it light. Then you posted about five more personal attacks. You are such a stalker dude. Not cool. Back off.

Sage advice, you should take it...

People should watch Rain Man again if they have not seen it before.

Rain Man - Rotten Tomatoes

I do think watching movies especially good ones like Rain Man creates empathy.

When did this go off the rails.

I'd like to see your doctors diagnosis to see what your major malfunction is.

Never put much credit to any argument that suggests one need a medical license to have an opinion on a case. As a parent who can read, I know fever, dry cough, runny nose, light sensitivity, brownish red patches or dots that start by the head/neck and move down the body would be indicative of measles. No medical degree.
Have fun everyone. Life is short.

No such thing, imho.

You guess wrong. But, that is beside the point.
Not every performer, of any kind, appreciates distractions during a performance. Depending on the difficulty or level of concentration required distractions can cause mistakes or failures regardless of whether it is intentional or not. There is nothing wrong with not liking to be surprised or startled or shocked. It's part of our instinct for self preservation. Not liking the act has nothing to do with having empathy for the actor. One can still love thy neighbor even though his unconscious whistling causes your ears to bleed.

Actually, we are all judging all the time. Is it safe, dangerous, hot, cold, light, dark, fast, slow. Is it sweet, sour, bad, good, tall, short, etc.
We judge everything all the time. It is one of the aspects of our instinct for self preservation. Like, can I make it to that tree before that lion gets me?