[Dr. Thorne]

Kinda doubt the inclusion of Ben Franklin. By all reports, he was very affable and gregarious - two things that Asperger’s sufferers are decidedly not.

[caww]

I think you and I will have to disagree on the definition of Asbergers ......people who have it often recognize they “see” things differently than others and develope or “copy” what they see others do and act so that they aren't seen as “different”.

An example was my family member had two other sisters so she often just copied them in expressions and or actions in social settings.....also she always tucked her shoelaces in her shoes because... “I like them that way”...nobody caught on she couldn't tie her shoes.

I could name a host of copying techniques they develope themselves to hide what they know isn't quite normal long before they are diagnosed...if they even are.