As I wrote in another comment, my view on whether Jobs, Musk, or Page are actually autistic are in flux as I read other’s comments here, like yours, and read more about others’ views on them online. I’m not that familiar with autism/Asperger’s, but initially I thought that at least 2⁄3 of them are not autistic. So it’s interesting for me to learn that a couple other people on this forum like you agree that there’s good evidence of them being autistic / having Asperger’s.
I also agree that in this context the term autistic isn’t used in a derogatory way. I am also not claiming that the use of the word should be banned.
Initially, I thought Guzey should change the article’s title. I’m changing my mind now and would be fine if he kept the title as is, but I would slightly prefer it if he added something like this in the article:
“Jobs, Musk, or Page have never been formally diagnosed as autistic, but my impression is that they exhibited a host of traits typically associated with autism/Asperger’s. This is why I put the title as “(Autistic) visionaries are not natural born leaders”.”
This is just so people reading this would not think that these people have been formally diagnosed as autistic, when in fact they haven’t been.
Great, thanks Guzey! There’s a typo on the first sentence of the update though: “Update on the word “(Autistic)” in the title: I’m now aware of any of the people I discuss in the post being diagnosed with any autism spectrum disorders”. The word “now” is supposed to be “not”. :)
As I wrote in another comment, my view on whether Jobs, Musk, or Page are actually autistic are in flux as I read other’s comments here, like yours, and read more about others’ views on them online. I’m not that familiar with autism/Asperger’s, but initially I thought that at least 2⁄3 of them are not autistic. So it’s interesting for me to learn that a couple other people on this forum like you agree that there’s good evidence of them being autistic / having Asperger’s.
I also agree that in this context the term autistic isn’t used in a derogatory way. I am also not claiming that the use of the word should be banned.
Initially, I thought Guzey should change the article’s title. I’m changing my mind now and would be fine if he kept the title as is, but I would slightly prefer it if he added something like this in the article:
“Jobs, Musk, or Page have never been formally diagnosed as autistic, but my impression is that they exhibited a host of traits typically associated with autism/Asperger’s. This is why I put the title as “(Autistic) visionaries are not natural born leaders”.”
This is just so people reading this would not think that these people have been formally diagnosed as autistic, when in fact they haven’t been.
Great, then I think we basically agree! I also think that adding that paragraph would be good.
And now the post has been updated! Thanks guzey!
Great, thanks Guzey! There’s a typo on the first sentence of the update though: “Update on the word “(Autistic)” in the title: I’m now aware of any of the people I discuss in the post being diagnosed with any autism spectrum disorders”. The word “now” is supposed to be “not”. :)