Was Sherlock Holmes an aspie?

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In the UK series 'Sherlock' Cumberlatch plays an even more aspie modern day Holmes and Watson/Lastrade diagnose him in the second series.

Which version?

ACD canon, yes and no. He has some characteristics, but it couldn't have been intended as autism and Aspergers was nonexistent as a diagnosis.

Basil Rathbone, probably not. Jeremy Brett, again, the closest to canon, so the same problems. Robert Downey Jr., unlikely. Benedict Cumberbatch, yes, there have been extensive essays on the subject, and a line in Hounds of Baskerville about it (he refers to himself in the pilot as a high-functioning sociopath, but there is no such thing). Johnny Lee Miller we do not discuss because it does not exist in my mind and I refuse to accept anything with a female Watson.

Interestingly, in one of the episodes of House, an exchange between Cuddy and Wilson brings up the possibility of House having Aspergers. The conclusion is that he is too manipulative, demonstrating an understanding of people's emotional personalities and subtleties, if not empathy.

As far as canon goes, no, I don't think he was; he was just weird.