Sunday, April 21, 2013

Why Einstein was thought to be Autistic

Fun Facts: 
  • Albert Einstein didn't speak until he was four, and not fluently in his own language until he was eight or nine. 
  • He did poorly in school and was a day dreamer.
  • He had tantrums as a child and couldn't express himself very well.
  • When he was a child, he was considered retarded even by his own parents. 
  • Many people in the Einstein family are autistic.
  • An autistic brain has a cerebrum larger than normal, and a cerebellum smaller than normal. An autopsy of Einstein's brain showed that Einstein's cerebrum was indeed larger than normal (like an autistic brain). Unfortunately however  they did not reveal the size of his cerebellum.
  • Even as an adult, Albert Einstein couldn't take care of himself.
  • He never learned how to drive a car.
  • He was a visual thinker.

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