JakeASD wrote:
Although I do believe ASD is under-diagnosed, brandishing successful and hyper-focused celebrities as autistic is an over-simplification of the disorder and is quite frankly incorrect.
Too many of us are keen for the ASD label to be shared with those of whom we worship and adore, such as Quentin Tarantino. He's a highly intelligent, somewhat eccentric film director, who is an aficionado of cinema but that doesn't necessarily mean he's autistic.
Exactly. And you can add retro diagnosing historical figures for the same reasons. Nothing at all is wrong with wondering about or suspecting such people. Just making unequivocal statements that such people are autistic is wrong. The OP did not make an unequivocal assertion, but came close.
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