People. Lighten. Up.
I don’t see all the P.C., pinko liberalism some of you appear to see in this article. And the article DOES NOT SAY that being autistic CAUSES genius, let alone ALL genius.
I’ve seen this happen before. Some Freepers jump on any article about psychology, with ready-to-paste boilerplate about how psychology is about nothing but excusing criminals and unruly children. Even when there isn’t a hint of such stuff in the article.
I have Asperger’s. I have experienced most of what is described in this article—except the part about writing tons of books and being a genius.
What I have experienced is that having some of these characteristics can help with tasks I’m good at, and makes other tasks just about impossible.
Just about describes all of us, doesn't it?