Let's play a game: "X was probably autistic"

EDIT: this 3d was meant as a celebration of absurdity, in spite of the absurdity in armchair diagnosing celebrities and characters. Alas, most people did not read the whole thing, or, at any rate, some misunderstanding happened. I will not answer to the comments taking the 3d seriously. Sorry for that.


Hello everyone.

Sick from hearing how autism/asperger's is loosely applied everywhere to everyone, and since apparently every single important historical figure had it, I'd like to play a game: say the name of any historical/famous person or character and I'll explain why they're autistic - or, rather, how easy it is to armchair-diagnose them as autistic.

Of course, a lot of historical figures were probably on the spectrum: for one, you can't read about Cavendish's life without a voice in your head screaming "autism!". However, more often than not, I see people "diagnose" other people and fictional characters over nothing - making autism look like a personality quirk.

This post is intended as light-hearted and fun, so please go ahead with any suggestions!