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Thread #113826   Message #2423426
Posted By: Jack Campin
27-Aug-08 - 12:31 PM
Thread Name: BS: Aspergers Syndrome?
Subject: RE: BS: Aspergers Syndrome?
There were probably *more* opportunities for them in the Middle Ages, so long as their obsessions were compatible with being a peasant, soldier or monk.

I have read one book that claimed St Francis's companion Brother Juniper as a typical case of high-functioning autism. Take a look at the Little Flowers of St Francis.