Aspies For Freedom

I think the actual rate could possibly be much higher than many people think.

I find it funny that basically every neuro-atypical community (schizophrenics, bipolars, etc.) include Einstein into their populations.

I don't care much if Einstein was autistic, though it sounds very possible. I remember it was speculated in a National Geographic documentary I saw, though it didn't go much into detail of his personal life.

I think Einstein can be a source of inspiration for anyone who has a special interest.

'ey ppl!

Don't you get exhausted of provoking one another?

Yeah, Simen prolly likes to criticize over smaller details. A solution could however be to ignore him, let him stay with his own thoughts about your posts.

Making others feel bad about telling their thoughts and then "justify it" isn't cool Simen.

You can't call yourself a good debator if you just provoke alot of people.

Just some thoughts about Einstein:

- He didn't speak before he was 4, which is a common trait of HFA.

- I think I heard from a documentary that there were found rather abnormally large neurons somewhere in Einstein's brain, but I can't recall where. I've also heard that autistics often have an uncontrolled overgrowth of neurons in the frontal cortex.

- I don't know but I guess Einstein's many lovers where after him after he became famous. He was a celebrity in his time you know.

Not evidence ofcourse, one can't really prove if anyone is autistic alive or dead these days.

My conclusion is that Einstein could definitely not have been an ordinary person.

http://29marbles.blogspot.com/2007/08/fo...n-was.html

I think Susan makes a point in a comment there. People should be allowed to keep a personal opinion, I happen to be the anonymous.

I think the beliefs of Einstein's neurodiversity is almost like religions in some ways. Like: They cause conflicts.

It's well known in this forum that many aspies react strongly to criticism, one should very carefull when criticising.

Sorry for not providing any references. I can tell that the aurism neurons in frontal-cortex bit was taken from the book Developing Talents - Careers for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism page four. That Einstein learnt to speak when he was four was something mom told in a conversation that had nothing to do with autism, she also added in that conversation that there was alot of funny things about Einstein. Someone in the chatroom confirmed that he had a speech delay but thought he rather began to speak when he was three - I have not looked more into it. The documentary was on National Geagraphic channel and was the same documentary I mentioned earlier.

Personally I think it is the readers' job to decide if something is correct or not, they can do their own research.

Bah, I don't need to prove anything, I'm just here because of interest.

At least there is one important person who has accepted his dx:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6laOv94VUU

I really likede what christschool wrote there.

I've found Wittgenstein abit OCD in a schoolbook I read at primary. He was the one with his very strict routines right?