'Asperger's Syndrome & Tolkien's Works'

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then do we find Bilbo & Frodo as reflections of Tolkien himself?

Not any more than any character reflects its creator.

both the BBC radio series & the movie

which are not present in the book.

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or have intimate relationships.

Nope. Unless you mean sex. But that isn't what "intimate" means.

Tolkien did not have to make the Ring produce that effect.

Did not have to is not the same as did not.

But he had few close connections with anyone else. He seemed quite intolerant of anyone who didn't share his values, & experienced jealousy of 'outsiders' who intervened

Yes I know that I for one have never done that or even anything remotely similarly associated therewith. Oh crap I mean yes I have. Oh man I think I am autistic now. This sucks.