![]() ![]() ![]() Has Messi spoken about the autism rumours? ![]() When Messi was a young child in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was believed to be nicknamed ‘el pequeno mudito,’ which means ‘the little mute’ because “he would rarely speak to his peers or team-mates outside of necessary interactions on the pitch in games and during training.” Going back to the Soccer Stories – Oh My Goal’s video, there was also speculation on Twitter of Romario claiming that Messi had autism. The video suggests that “team sports, in particular football, are not easy to play for children with Asperger’s.” Some positive traits of Messi’s are that he “is very agile and sees things very quickly.”Įven though the journalist Romario quoted had no intention to stigmatise the journalist, he wanted to draw attention to “his exceptionality.” The video believes that it was foolish of Amado to call Messi autistic.Īccording to Cameron Ridgway for Wessex Scene, “there are unconfirmed reports that Messi was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome” at the age of 9. Both these attributes of shyness can be applied to anyone whether they have autism or not. In one class, a friend of Messi’s raised their hand for him when the teacher asked him a question. The video also implies that there are examples of Messi’s “extreme shyness” such as texting something important instead of telling someone about it face to face and being timid at school. This could be looked upon as an autism-related mannerism, but the video claimed that Messi did this as “a way of showing how annoyed he was.” Nobody knew why he was annoyed, and nobody tried to find out either. An anecdote from a journalist for El Pais proved that “Lionel came onto the pitch with a plastic spoon in his mouth” and didn’t remove it until the end of the session. The video claims that Messi had problems with reading social cues and interacting with other people when he was a child, which are typical autistic traits. The video on the YouTube channel Soccer Stories – Oh My Goal’s video where Romario quoted the journalist Roberto Amado who made this suggestion also suggests that Albert Einstein had one type of high-functioning autism (please also see Did Einstein have dyslexia, dyspraxia, autism and ADHD? ) In 2013, the former footballer and current politician Romario referred to an article that suggested Messi suffered from Asperger syndrome. ![]()
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