Einstein: The Autism Connection

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Short film which looks at the evidence for Albert Einstein being on the autism spectrum. This possibility also highlights the strong positives that many people with autism can have. Too many films focus on the negative aspects, but there are positives too for most!

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I'm totally with ... ( 3 months ago by 1210donna)

I'm totally with you. I have had echolalia as BOTH a tic AND as part of a Receptive Language Processing Disorder (ie a degree of Auditory Verbal Agnosia). The ONLY two differences is that in the first instance their expression has an explosive quality...the phrases are 'spat' out, ejected, but in the second they are not, and in the first are a product of stress, but in the second are part of trying to understand/respond.

you forgot to add ... ( 3 months ago by LLautism)

you forgot to add the composer at the end of your video. Was it Mozart?

Array ( 3 months ago by Miff28)

Profound
The final statement is so meaningful to me.
Thank you

Echolalia is also ... ( 3 months ago by JonahTorn)

Echolalia is also seen in Tourettes and you can be autistic and have Tourettes.

Absolutely Jonah, ... ( 3 months ago by onemoreterm)

Absolutely Jonah, my son has both Autism and Tourettes. In his late teens, you probably wouldn't notice his Autism but the ticks give the Tourettes away.

Very insightful ... ( 3 months ago by cuteasabutton87)

Very insightful documentary. I didn't know all these facts about Einstein- i didn't know the behaviour of his was so pointing towards mild/moderate autism i.e Aspergers. Really fasinating. It is often the people with such extraordinary talent who will have the disorder of Aspergers, i have a theory it allows them to concentrate say more than a "normal" person. I believe i may have Aspergers syndrome because of my unfortunate behaviour, but i certainly do not possess the talent Einstein had.

well done. ( 2 months ago by shizyo)

well done.

Einstein had a ... ( 2 months ago by Shlufi)

Einstein had a legendary Jewfro.

I believe there are ... ( 2 months ago by ceviche666)

I believe there are different levels and types of Autism. In it's most extreme, Autistic Savants, parts of the brain are highly developed and allows them to perform incredible tasks like "Rainman" but other parts of the brain are severely underdeveloped leaving them unable to communicate or socialize.I thinks some 'Geeks' are mildly auttistic..incredible minds, but can't walk up to the opposite sex and have a simple conversation.

Based on this film ... ( 2 months ago by ceviche666)

Based on this film I don't believe he was Autistic, they're reaching a little bit..just my opinion, but what do I know..

Autism ( 2 months ago by Somethingfunny11)

Autism

Autistic children ... ( 1 month ago by dontheunsane)

Autistic children frequently have tics and uncontrolled outbursts, it is a significant feature of autism. Tourettes is just a variant of autism in which tics and outbursts have become a dominant feature. There is an enormous number of syndromes that have identical core features and are differentiated only on the basis of prominant peripheral features. By diagnostic criteria alone these seem to be different but when you include a wide range of features they all begin to look nealry identical.

this is a not known ... ( 1 month ago by rnv09)

this is a not known fact Antonia vallentin a well know German writer and friend of Einstein wrote about him and said he different and never did he look you in the eyes . Roger valentine (vallentin} She was my great Grand mothers cousin East Berlin in the 1930s

very interesting. ( 1 month ago by tonijon111)

very interesting.

well of course, ... ( 3 weeks ago by hydrocitg)

well of course, people in asperger's syndrome can communicate with any1 .. just not that well,plus teh guy was always a loner therefore he lacked social skills and lack of practice in communicating

thanks for your ... ( 3 weeks ago by blueswan1979)

thanks for your insight. I also think that way. I'm just usually more concerned about what I think means and is, and less about how I believe what I think defines anyone or seems to be knowledge produced through any one person or set or people. this is the only difference between me and you; it can't impart any kind of divergence between your thought processes and mine, any such divergence must be an expression of the level of qual. of our conjoint capacity to both produce thought
communicate.

well umm he he i ... ( 2 weeks ago by hydrocitg)

well umm he he i failed 2 understand u the whole way,not ur fault im autistic,or have asperger's but wel i was just saying that,judging by what it has been written in history that its pretty relevant that einstein had soem form of autism,and i kno that seemingly being able 2 communicate well with others throws u off the spectrum,but im an aspie and i have found ways 2 bypass my studerness,and confuseness while conversating with jut about any1( its not easy but its possible)cont.

cont. so if i can ... ( 2 weeks ago by hydrocitg)

cont. so if i can do it, so can einstein,by d way im not trying 2 flatter myself or any autistic,by saying that d great einstein falls under d same spectrum as us( i may be wrong)but according 2 this vid and soem documentaries that i have read,he does seem 2 be autistic,he had a speech delayed til 4,he seemd dumb at school,was very quiet, anti social,has also been mention that he kept repeating words that others say(echolalia),at times people had trouble understanding his lectures or conversatns

No, he has got no ... ( 2 weeks ago by reckhold)

No, he has got no autism, he was just mentally ill. His sick mind told him there is a god... Fucking retard.

He is so ... ( 2 weeks ago by demilovatoimafan)

He is so intelligent and this is very interesting.

It sounds like you ... ( 1 week ago by Zimmiez)

It sounds like you need a hug. :D

What? Are you gay? ... ( 1 week ago by reckhold)

What? Are you gay? You sounds like one.

lol Me? Well I do ... ( 1 week ago by Zimmiez)

lol Me? Well I do like men...considering I'm a woman LMAO You really should talk to someone about that anger problem. :)

I'm a psychology ... ( 6 days ago by jerryfischman)

I'm a psychology student and I don't think Einstein had autism. It is a cultural judgment to say because he was different he has a disease. It is popular pseudoscience. We must limit the definition of disease to a condition that disadvantages or is distressing to the individual. Einstein's social skills were not at all bad, and he did make some good moral judgments. If he had focused on developing social skills I'm sure they would have bloomed even more. He liked physics because its fantastic

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