Michael Fitzgerald, a professor of psychiatry at Trinity College in Dublin, recently argued that the genes for creativity and for autism and autism spectrum disorders are “‘essentially the same,’” the February 21st Telegraph notes. Historical figures ranging from scientists Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein, from composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to writer George Orwell, from US President Thomas Jefferson and philosopher Immanuel Kant, from science fiction writer H.G. Wells to politician Charles de Gaulle, are said to have been on the autism spectrum.
Interesting. But does post, or rather post mortem, diagnosis of historical personnages help autistic children and autistic individuals today, …read more