Published on 12, July, 2020
With many of these people, the condition is highly speculative rather than actually diagnosed. Some of the symptoms suggested, too, could indicate other conditions - particularly with people like Woody Allen.
Still... I find it reassuring in many ways to maybe share something in common with people who've made such an impact in their own particular ways...
www.asperger-syndrome.me.uk/people.htm
I also had a somewhat fraught time at school, though I recently attended a reunion and saw loads of people for the first time in 30-odd years and most had moved on from all the shenanigans from way back (or perhaps it was a self-selected group and the ones who were a menace didn't turn up!) It was actually really nice, especially because none of us has really grown up!
I can't really add much of worth to the discussion though, I don't read anything like enough, although I did enjoy bits of Knuth's The Art of Computer Programming because lolnerd etc.