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Researchers at Cambridge and Oxford universities believe both scientists displayed [b]signs [/b]of Asperger's Syndrome.

Uh, so what. Lots of people have "signs" of autism, and are not autistic. Einstein had close  friends, was a ladies' man, and functioned well in society. Gates has myriad friendships growing up, and plenty of girlfriends. Jobs was a bit of a jerk....doesn't make him autistic.

It is just so aggravating to see these ideas thrown out as fact when they aren't.

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Yes, "signs" b/c they are dead and you can't definitely diagnose dead people.  It's speculation and no, it's not fact but a game that many people like to play obviously.  If you don't like it, don't play.[/quote]

Also, we are talking about Asperger's not autism.  Know lots of people who "functioned well in society" who would in all likelihood qualify for an Asperger's diagnosis if they were children nowadays and not 40, 30 years ago when they were children when Asperger's was not recognized.  [/quote]

If you are functioning well in society, by definition then you do not have Asperger's. [/quote]

I think it depends on how you define "functioning well."  My uncle has Asperger's/high functioning autism. He works on the line at Boeing.  He has no friends. He has no  social life outside of family.  If family doesn't make time to see him, he doesn't see them. It's not reciprocal at all. He has a wife because she decided he would make a good husband and put the moves on him. He lives in the same house that he has lived in for the past 47 years. The house, BTW, is the house next door to my grandparent's old house. When it was time to move, he moved next door. He's very rigid. He has poor social skills. He has an overly loud voice. He used to have lots of repetitive motions when he was a boy and young adult, but he outgrew them. He used to have fixated interests on comic books, but his wife gently weaned him away from that hobby. He was drafted and was a medic in Vietnam, btw. He's pretty smart.

I would define him as functioning well. He has a good paying job, family and a wife. He does not make the same choices in life as NT people do, though. He is definitely different. [/quote]

While that's great, what happens if you subtract the wife who made the concerted effort to go after him? No kids, no family. Perhaps still living in his original home, next to parents/grandparents to help support him. That's functioning ...but not remotely at the level of a typical person with friends. [/quote]

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