Aspergers
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Dr Jekyll

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23,820 posts

290 months

Tuesday 24th December 2013
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Not sure if this is a health question or a books question.

In describing Sherlock Holmes' character traits, did Conan Doyle manage to anticipate the diagnostic criteria for Asperger Syndrome?

Odie

4,187 posts

211 months

Tuesday 24th December 2013
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I didn't think he seemed that aspie in the books.

I've read somewhere that certain aspects of Holmes was based on someone Conan-Doyle knew.