Is Bill Gates Autistic???

Question

I've heard that bill gates is autistic. Is this true??? I know that he rocks back and forth, but does anyone know if he is truly autistic? Please give me some links of websites that state this or if you just know if he is or isn't please explain how you know... Thanks a lot, and if you have a question that you want a answer to tell me what the question says and I will search it and try my best to give you a good answer too....

Answer 1

Check it out for yourself at

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/articl...

But what is the difference anyway?

Answer 2

maybe he has aspergers?

Answer 3

No. However he does have several indications that he autism. Because of his wealth the public will never know if he is autistic or not.

Answer 4

Yes, it is well accepted that Bill Gates is asperger's which is part of the autism spectrum, so yes he is autistic.  There are numerous websites indicating this.  Google lists 891 hits for Bill Gates and aspergers, and lists 15,600 hits for Bill Gates and autism.  Here are a few sites that list Bill Gates as autistic

wrong planet, autism today, msnbc, wikipedia, cnn, wise geek, geo cities, in the light, disabled world

There are literally tons

AND Temple Grandin has even come out and said so

Answer 5

umm.. he made the computer system that you are more than likely using right now. do you REALLY have to ask?

Answer 6

Well, he has some of the traits but that does not make him "have autism". Rocking back and forth is one, from reading about him he is socially akward and he certainly had an unusually high "like" quotient for both computers and business (that didn't hurt...). I've also read that he has an unusual temper when things do not go his way, but that does not necessarily make him autistic - everyone has traits of a disorder, but it is the effect of the amount of the disorder has on engaging in a normal life that dictates when it becomes a real disorder or not. In Bill's case, I would say no, he's not clinical...

Answer 7

no, but I did hear that he's bi-sexual

Answer 8

From my understanding he is not fully autistic but rather has asperger syndrome.  This is a very high functioning autistic syndrome that falls within the autistic spectrum but not full blown autism.

My son has the same thing.  If I did not tell you, you would really not know other than a couple wierd quarks he does here and there.  With therapy and training they usually live quite normal successful lives.

Answer 9

No, or at least not noticeably enough that it was ever diagnosed. Look it up...

I would guess that rumors of his autism stemmed from an inherently strange personality, he is lacking in perspicacity and apparently has had trouble dealing with people before. This may be a very mild form of aspergers (a type of autism) if you insist on labeling it, but as far as I know he has never been officially diagnosed.

Answer 10

its probably not true

at least i havent heard anything like that but i guess you never know

Answer 11

I've never heard that, and I would think it would be common knowledge if it were so.  I think that is highly unlikely.

Answer 12

I think you might be

Answer 13

I don't know if Bill gates has autism. i hear he has a learning disability.

Answer 14

very unlikely but he might act weird sometimes because the dudes under alot of stress loosing so much money and you can look him up in wikipedia and see if the editor typed anything about autism:)

Answer 15

Bill Gates is a genius. You owe your ability to get online and ask questions like this to HIM. What does it matter?

Answer 16

yes he is, he has asbergers(or however you spell it) I beleive.

Answer 17

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