Is Bill Gates really AS??

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and interesting videotape. It doesn't really matter who has AS but just hoping to have some positive aspects to educate my child with when and if I do chose to disclose the information. Emily Dickinison is well respected in my household, along with Lincoln and Gates so I was just curious. Thanks

Well, he certainly acts like an aspie.

I'll believe it when Bill (or Melinda or a spokesperson) comes out and announces it. I don't believe quotes from nameless individuals or diagnosis from voyeurs.

On a side note - guess how many autism grants the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation has given during its history (according to a search of their web site)? You can count them on your thumbs.

Sorry to bring this one back from the dead nearly a year later, but it's something I feel strongly about.

Parents, Bill Gates does not have Aspergers Syndrome.

He is smarter than you, smarter than me, smarter than 99 percent of the world. He knows very well how to conduct himself in interviews and high-pressure public events, there is not and never has been a processing delay in his speech, and he can make and take a joke. He's always had friends in both his youth and professional life - in fact, it was he and his best friend that started Microsoft. Gates is used to being a boss, being in a position with a lot of responsibility, and having his employees rely on him to efficiently run his corporation. He is an alpha male. He's a philanthropist and a family man, and he never devotes all his energy to a single effort, instead choosing to multitask focusing on several projects at once. He plays golf and tennis.

I know alot of you are going to say "But he rocks!" This is brought upon by jactatio capitis nocturna, and is compounded with Gates' long-running sleep deprivation and long work-days that started during the infancy of his company and likely lasted until he stepped down as CEO ten years ago. Have you ever seen him flap his hands? I didn't think so.

Perhaps he's an eccentric NT. But Bill Gates does not have Aspergers Syndrome.

Gates is a bussiness man. He got succesful not only by innovation in programming but mostly because of being able to manipulate people and deal with things that, honestly, require skills that do not match the AS profile. The prejudice for people outside the IT world is that he is a computer overmind, but he really got his success more as a business person and salesman than as a programmer...

Looks like you put quite a bit of effort into your post. I won't spend my time tearing apart your individual sentences, I'll just state my point. Many of Gates' traits and abilities, while appearing right at home on an NT man, would be atypical on a man with AS. What are the chances that someone with AS would possess so many atypical traits all at once? Possible, but extremely improbable. And in the end, those traits would render him so far away from the traditional diagnosis of AS that it could no longer apply.

Gates and Mrs. Gates had three children, and while all are young and information about them is scarce, they all look to be budding socialites.

Also, multi-billionaires don't become multi-billionaires by being dumb. They all do something much, much better than the average Joe. Buffett is a multi-billionaire in part because of his great understanding of economics and knowing when to invest. Slim is a multi-billionaire in part due to his uncanny knowledge of infrastructure. And Gates is a multi-billionaire in part due to his programming ability and his ability to navigate corporate nuances.

I arrived at the jactatio conclusion since I have a college friend who was diagnosed with it, and she rocks in a similar fashion if she doesn't get enough sleep. Note what it's categorized as: basically, drowsiness that manifests itself as repetitive muscle movements. When Gates rocks in interviews, which is virtually never, note his posture and manner of speaking; they resemble those of a very tired man.

I contend that Gates does not have Aspergers Syndrome.

Gates has many AS trait:

- talk late
- Hyperfocusing
- Stimming
- Social Anxiety
- Sensory issues

he has outed about it but never outed about a complete DX.

I'm not sure there is much point in arguing this. There has been no public statement and there isn't likley to be one. Which I respect. So. My opinion after reading all the secondary sources out there is that he probably is AS. Others have concluded differently. Given that there is nothing public to affirm or disaffirm, everyone is entitled to their opinion and the different opinions should be respected. No poster here can say, with 100% certainty, that he is or isn't. If any of us have a private source, it remains a private source, and it is difficult to require that anyone else buy into what we have concluded from that source. In the end, we are giving our opinions, using the different sources available to us, and the conversation should understand and respect that.

I'm not willing to call anyone AS that I've never meet and the dead ones would be guessing big time. Jhon Travolta did how ever say in court his son Jet had austim.