Will we ever have open aspie president?

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I would say maybe but leaning towards no on this question. Though I suspect Calvin Coolidge and Thomas Jefferson were on the autism specturm. I've heard rumors about Al Gore being a aspie, though this is like the Bill Gates being a aspie.

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Depends. In mild cases, it's usually something not very easy to notice in adults. A more severe case (still mild by autism standards) would likely never win.

What do you mean by severe aspergers?

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BTW, Teddy ran for office twice, so I thnk someone with Aspergers can run for president.

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Asperger's isn't necessarily a disability so much as a disorder. It of course makes one a bit weaker with their social skills, but one effect is that they become much more passionate about certain things. This, of course, can be a massive boost.

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BTW, Teddy ran for office twice, so I thnk someone with Aspergers can run for president.

And how did that go for him? He had a combined vote total of 589.

True. But if someone that had everything we see in our politicans appears in our aspie, then I think he can do well. One great thing about aspies would be that they are not corrupt and won't really lie.

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What did Nixon have? I've read a lot about him being very shy. Not sure if it was anything more then that.

Nixon had never been dignosed with any disorder/disability. Nixon did have autistic traits but I think he suffered from some other disorder and not autism/aspergers.

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Nixon was likely a psychopath.

What I was thinking of. Nixon is the most pysychopath president we've ever had in office and I'm shock Nixon was never dignosed with the disorder.

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Nixon pretty much neither knew nor cared.