Sandbox 4
- "Konrad showed the features of ASD, (Asperger's syndrome), with deficits in social communication, reduced non-verbal communication, preservation of sameness, narrow interests."
- "He was interested in himself and his own autistic world, with consequences for Egypt."
- "Louisa May Alcott, writer and her father who had autism."
- "Hans Christian Andersen had autism spectrum disorder."
- "Elizabeth Anscombe had autism spectrum disorder."
- "Diane Arbus had autism spectrum disorder overlapping with borderline personality."
Did Hans Asperger (1906–1980) have Asperger Syndrome? Oct 2007
- "Christopher Gillberg (1990) suggested that Hans Asperger must have had a very deep understanding of the personality type he described and one can assume that in the widest sense Asperger himself was on the autism spectrum as cited by Colin (2006). We fully agree."
- "Frank Auerbach was one of the greatest 20th/21st century painters, who had autism."
- "Barnes was one of the most unusual, enigmatic collectors of art who had autism."
- "There is no doubt that Beckett had an autistic imagination… Beckett had identity diffusion, (Walker & Fitzgerald, 2007), which expressed itself in his autistic narrative."
- "Ingmar Bergman, film director, had autism spectrum disorder."
- "Anthony Blunt - art critic and spy was on the autism spectrum."
- "David Bomberg, painter, was on the autism spectrum."
- "George was a person with autism or Asperger's syndrome."
- "Pierre Boulez was one of the most influential composers and conductors in the 20th century. He had autism spectrum disorder."
- "David Bowie, pop artist was on the autism spectrum."
- "Brahms was a great composer with autism."
- Did the scientist 'who was not there' have autism -criminal autistic psychopathy? First Draft Nov 2025
- "He showed social and emotional reciprocity defects, problems with non-verbal communication, preservation of sameness, narrow interests and language issues which puts him on the autism spectrum."
- "Emily Bronte had classic autism."
- "John Cairncross was on the autism spectrum."
- "He was clearly on the autism spectrum."
- "Brown, (2010), for Carroll describes, 'this collage or mosaic process is an important aspect of Carroll's writing, as it is for many writers on the spectrum.'"
- "Rachel Carson was on the autism spectrum."
- Cezanne.Final Article Oct 11, 2025 Oct 2025
- "This paper determines the brilliant painter Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) to have been autistic."
- "Bruce Chatwin had autism, (Fitzgerald, 2005), but also had evidence of ADHD."
- "Francis Chichester, lone sailor, had autism spectrum disorder."
- "John Clare, poet, had multiple neurodevelopmental disorders; autism, psychosis, bipolar and the much-debated schizophrenia."
- "Cook went from autism to autism with paranoid psychosis or paranoid ideas."
- "Herein, we concentrate one of them: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and frame Dali through a posthumous diagnosis of ASD."
- "Simone de Beauvoir, iconic writer, on the spectrum, feminist, a perverse and transgressive personality."
- "To understand de Gaulle, you have to understand his autism."
- "President Eamon de Valera had autism, formerly called Asperger's syndrome."
- "Ken Dodd was on the spectrum. Comedians on the spectrum."
- "Conan Doyle had autism, (Fitzgerald, 2005) as his fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes also had autism."
- "Eugene Dubois was a famous fossil hunter, with autism spectrum disorder."
- "Daphne du Maurier was a writer of genius. She had strong autistic or schizoid traits."
Albert Einstein (referenced)
[edit | edit source]- "Einstein had autism and was preoccupied with time, (Fitzgerald, 2000)."
- "Eisenstein was one of the most innovative film directors and was on the autism spectrum."
- "M.C. Escher was the most extraordinary artist who ever lived with autism."
- "Enrico Fermi had mild autism."
- "Richard Feynman was on the autistic spectrum."
- "He does therefore meet the criteria for autism spectrum disorder."
- Flaubert was on the spectrum Mar 2021
- "He was on the autism spectrum with deficits in social and emotional reciprocity, deficits in maintaining intimate relationships."
- "Autism played an important role in Florey's discovery."
- "Henry Ford was a very complicated genius, with multiple strands to his personality including autism."
- "He had autism spectrum disorder, formerly called Asperger's syndrome."
- General Franco - narcissistic personality disorder with psychopathy and evidence of the autism spectrum Date unknown
- "Franco showed evidence of narcissistic personality disorder, psychopathy and evidence of the autism spectrum."
- Could Anna Freud have been on the spectrum Date unknown
- "Her autism spectrum, shared with her father, is very important."
- "After much consideration in the end Lucian was on the autism spectrum and had a strong family history in relation to this."
- "Sigmund Freud had high functioning autism which was called Asperger Disorder in DSM IV."
- "There is pervasive evidence that W. Ernest was on the autism spectrum, what was previously called Aspergers syndrome."
- "Caspar David Friedrich was on the autism spectrum. Autism is the only possible diagnosis."
- "His autism, emotional immaturity and ability to see the world through the eyes of a child all helped him."
- "Greta Garbo showed evidence of female autism."
- "Gaudi was one of the most famous architects in the world. He was autistic."
- The aviator, Guy Gibson was on the autism spectrum with novelty-seeking and sensation seeking traits Date unknown
- "Guy Gibson was on the autism spectrum with novelty-seeking and sensation seeking traits."
- "Robert Goddard – rocket man was on the autism spectrum."
- "Goethe (Fitzgerald, 2014), had autism."
- "William Golding – A most complicated personality – Asperger's syndrome (DSM 4)."
- "Oliver Goldsmith was a great poet, writer and playwright. He was a most unusual man, with the characteristics of autism."
- "Robert Graves was a classic poetic genius with a complicated life and a contradictory personality… He was on the autistic spectrum."
- "Graham Greene, novelist was on the autism spectrum."
- "He showed autism, formerly called Asperger's syndrome."
- "Thomas Hardy was on the autism spectrum."
- "He was autistic, a very singular man, unique and an independent writer."
- "William Randolph Hearst had autism, narcissistic personality and psychopathy."
- "Heath's autism was the main factor in his downfall."
- "Reinhard Heydrich – Nazi psychopathy and criminal autistic psychopathy."
- "He said he has Aspergers syndrome, and he's fascinated by autistic themes."
- "Adolf Hitler had a very traumatic childhood, as well as having autism, ADHD and bipolar disorder."
- "J. Edgar Hoover was on the autism spectrum."
- "Many factors, both in his paintings and in his life history, bespeak a justified posthumous diagnosis of autism."
- "Frankie Howerd was on the autism spectrum, with anxiety and depression."
- "He had an autism spectrum disorder like C.S. Lewis."
- Steve Jobs: genius on the spectrum Oct 2021
- "The key to understand Jobs is through a large number of genetic factors… which underly his autism, formerly called Aspergers syndrome."
- "The correct diagnosis for James was autism."
- "William Joyce was on the autism spectrum. It is now clear that the so-called personality disorder was Aspergers syndrome."
- Carl Jung had autism spectrum disorder Date unknown
- "Jung had classic autism spectrum disorder."
- "It is generally accepted that Kafka has Aspergers syndrome, which is now called autism spectrum disorder."
- "Patrick Kavanagh, poet, was on the autism spectrum."
- "His father was more rigid, autistic like, if not Aspergers syndrome husband… his son never lost his accent and probably got his autism from his father."
- Was Philip Larkin, the poet, on the spectrum? Date unknown
- "Philip Larkin and his father had Asperger's syndrome (DSM IV-Tr), like W. B. Yeats."
- "D.H. Lawrence – fast writer on the spectrum."
- "Le Corbusier met the criteria for high functioning autism with limited social skills, restricted patterns in life."
- "Edward Lear was a genius – he had a strange eccentric personality and was autistic."
- "Lenin had criminal autistic psychopathy, pathological narcissism and was a so-called 'successful' psychopath."
- Doris Lessing was on the spectrum Date unknown
- "She was a writer of genius on the autistic spectrum."
- Primo Levi had Asperger's disorder now called autism Date unknown
- "Primo Levi had Asperger's disorder now called autism."
- "C.S. Lewis had social relationship difficulties, was clumsy, had preservation of sameness, narrow interests, identity diffusion… He was on the autism spectrum."
- "Linnaeus was a great scientist on the autism spectrum."
- "Livingstone was a brave, courageous man and a highly successful explorer. He was narcissistic and autistic."
- Lord Frank Longford was on the spectrum Date unknown
- "Lord Frank Longford was on the spectrum."
- "Edwin Lutyens was on the autism spectrum."
- "Mao had Aspergers syndrome. Criminal autistic psychopathy: Mao had persistent deficits in social communication in multiple contexts."
- "She had autism and schizophrenia."
- Golda Meir, Iron Lady, narcissistic personality, perverse with autism spectrum traits First Draft Sep 2025
- "In terms of autism and DSM 5, Golda had problems in social emotional reciprocity and one-to-one relationships, preservation of sameness and narrow interests."
- "Julia Brown, (2010), compares Bartleby to Herman Melville, both of whom had autism very convincingly."
- "He had autism and was not an agreeable personality."
- "This paper suggests that she has autism spectrum disorder, and this is one of the keys to understanding this enigmatic novelist."
- "Vladimir Nabokov had autism and synaesthesia."
- Nansen, neuroscience, narcissistic personality disorder and explorer with cyclothymia/borderline bipolar disorder Date unknown
- "Nansen had a narcissistic personality disorder which overlaps with Asperger's syndrome, now called autism."
- "He fits more with Asperger's, (1944), autistic psychopathy."
- "Nietzsche was on the autism spectrum."
- "Richard Nixon, politician with autism spectrum disorder."
- Emmy Noether's autism Draft 2 Feb 2025
- "Her autism helped her in her chosen field."
- "She had autism, which was critical to her success."
- "She was on the autism spectrum. Georgia O'Keeffe was one of the greatest modernist American painters. She had autism."
- "He was on the autism spectrum. Eugene O'Neill was the greatest American playwright."
- "Parfit was a classical autistic philosopher, like Kant and Ludwig Wittgenstein."
- "Patton showed evidence of high functioning autism."
- "Ivan Pavlov was on the autism spectrum, as well as obsessive-compulsive personality disorder."
- "Poe was one of the greatest American writers who was severely psychologically disturbed with psychopathology in very many different areas."
- Beatrix Potter was on the spectrum Date unknown
- "Potter had this ability and was on the Autism Spectrum or Asperger Syndrome DSM 4-TR."
- Terry Pratchett was on the spectrum Mar 2023
- "Terry Pratchett was on the spectrum."
- "It is clear that Ramanujan does meet the criteria for the condition described by Hans Asperger in 1944."
- Rasputin, holy fool and autism Mar 2022
- "Rasputin, holy fool and autism."
- "The best summary would be criminal autistic psychopathy."
- "Robespierre had a paranoid state with autism spectrum disorder."
- "Count Henry Russell was on the autism spectrum."
- "Oliver Sacks was a medical writer of the highest calibre who had autism spectrum disorder. His autism was critical for his writing success."
- "Salazar was on the autism spectrum."
- Albert Schweitzer - Genius, writer and humanitarian Date unknown
- "Albert was on the broader autism spectrum."
- "Peter Scott was on the autism spectrum. His autism was critical to his success."
- "Sebald and Joyce were both on the autism spectrum. They both had autism."
- "William Shakespeare was on the Autism Spectrum, (Asperger's Syndrome)."
- "Henry Higgins, the fictional character and George Bernard Shaw were on the autism spectrum."
- "William Shockley, the Nobel Prize Winner and 'Founding Father of Silicon Valley' was on the autistic spectrum."
- Edith Sitwell had Marfan's syndrome and was on the high-functioning autistic spectrum with autistic narrative Date unknown
- "Edith was a typical creative and talented person on the autistic spectrum. She met the classic criteria for high-functioning autism or Asperger's syndrome."
- "Stephen Sondheim, composer, was on the autism spectrum."
- Did Muriel Spark have autism? Jan 2026
- "She died in 2006, a great novelist of the 20th century with autism."
- Albert Speer -Nazi, autism and lying May 2022
- "Speer was a brilliant man… He had autism and merged with another person with autism, Hitler."
- John Steinbeck, writer of genius, had an autism spectrum disorder (Asperger's syndrome) First Draft Feb 2024
- "You can understand nothing about Steinbeck if you do not understand that he had autism/Asperger's syndrome."
- "Robert Louis Stevenson (RLS) – wrote fast and had autism."
- "James Stewart, actor, was on the autism spectrum (Asperger's syndrome)."
- "Adrian Stokes was a major art critic and a person with autism."
- "Did the Bird Man of Alcatraz, Robert Stroud have criminal autistic psychopathy?"
- "Edward Teller, the atomic physicist was on the autism spectrum."
- "She was autistic, narcissistic and perverse."
- "Tom Thomson, Canadian painter of genius was on the autism spectrum."
- "There was also evidence of the autism spectrum with severe social relationship problems… gross empathy deficits, Theory of Mind deficits especially in his marriage, narrow interests and a piercing gaze."
- "He had Aspergers syndrome."
- "He was an autistic painter. His innate visual hypersensitivity, which was part of his autism, was critical to his success."
- "John von Neumann was on the autism spectrum."
- John Broadus Watson Apr 2022
- "It is proposed that the psychologist JB Watson had Asperger's syndrome or high functioning autism like John Nash, Ramanujan, President Eamon de Valera, Isaac Newton and Ludwig Wittgenstein."
- Walt Whitman had autism spectrum disorder Date unknown
- "Walt Whitman had autism spectrum disorder."
- "Edward Wilson was a massively influential scientist who was on the autism spectrum."
- "Woodrow Wilson – Neurodevelopmental disorders including specific learning disability and autism."
- "He had two neurodevelopmental disorders, autism and Gilles de la Tourette's with severe depression."
- "Philip Larkin and his father had Asperger's syndrome, like W. B. Yeats (Fitzgerald, 2004)."