latest historical person with Aspergers...whatever

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That well respected psychiatric profession "graphology" apparently proves* Branwell Bronte had Aspergers... his lack of mainstream success as a result of this and nothing to do with laudanum, alcoholism and persistant womanising. (BTW, I always liked him being the "party" Bronte)

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*disclaimer..word actually used was "suggests", I'm just being ignorant in advance of journalists doing the same

i do not see the point of trying to diagnose dead people.

on one hand professionals say that nothing but a face to face evaluation is applicable for a diagnosis but then they diagnose dead people? And why do organisations think it is helpful to keep pushing that people such as Einstein or Bill Gates were / are people with Asperger's as if it is fact...and why not then include a few people that are not genius's?

Who's going to read a list of people you never heard of?

I don't know about most of the historical figures mentioned, but Bill Gates is the real deal. When I was reading "I Sing the Body Electronic" my jaw kept dropping as I read one after another aspie trait. Then at a ******** convention, I met somebody who knew him and met him a lot as both of them were growing up. Yep, he's one of us.

Red pandas are super cute.

And here I thought Branwell Bronte was bipolar (as suggested by Kay Redfield Jamison in Touched with Fire).

Graphology. Does that mean they'll be diagnosing us from our handwriting in the future? Or did I read that wrong?

I reckon trying to diagnose dead people with AS should be as hard as telling if someone has it from over the Internet. =/ You can't make a proper diagnostic unless the person is alive and has been observed by people who know what AS is. =/

As far as diagnosing the longtime deceased, obviously the clincher is to hold a seance, and if Branwell doesn't answer it's because he is communicatively impaired and therefore definately AS.

And yes, Graphology!! !! Really, some people have too much free time.

well, the only Bronte I know of was the authoress (Emily? I think...

You never know about those Victorians. I found out one of Emily Dickenson's close relatives was a Victorian swinger, and carried on a years-long threesome...