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[quote=Anonymous]Clearly people like Einstein and Jefferson and Steve Jobs were not functionally impaired enough (as adults at least) to qualify for a DSM diagnosis.  Just as clearly they shared some distinctive traits with our kids.  As a child Einstein used to repeat his own sentences under his breath after saying them, just like my Aspie son does.  Atari had to banish Steve Jobs to the night shift because his personal hygiene was so bad that people couldn't stand to be around him, and was a narcissist with serious empathy issues.  The point of the comparison is not "these guys were exactly like you, so you can do what they did!"  It's that the various genes and traits that make up the broader autistic phenotype, and sometimes come together in a way that we call ASD, are present throughout the human race, sometimes associated with remarkable and unique abilities, and nothing to be ashamed of.  See also:

http://healthland.time.com/2012/07/10/what-child-prodigies-and-autistic-people-have-in-common/[/quote]

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