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Re: [Womeninfreesoftware] Hello, and a Question


From: Stormy Peters
Subject: Re: [Womeninfreesoftware] Hello, and a Question
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:15:48 -0600

I think whether or not Stallman has Asperger's is not relevant to this topic.

And I think to imply that it's ok for someone with Asperger's (but not others) to do something like this (make an inappropriate joke and not apologize) belittles people world wide suffering from Asperger's.

Stormy

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Mary-Anne Wolf <address@hidden> wrote:
The closest thing I can find to a reference is:

http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/books/2002/04/02/stallman/index.html

Sam Williams, author of "Free as in Freedom,"...a book about Stallman...

In high school, Stallman got A's in math and physics, but he failed English because he adamantly refused to write essays of any kind. Williams speculates that Stallman may be mildly autistic, or even suffer from Asperger's syndrome, and he supports the theory with numerous observations from family and friends. Even in high school, other gifted math and science geeks were alienated by Stallman's out-of-kilter inability to socialize.

Mary-Anne

----- "Leigh Honeywell" <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: "Leigh Honeywell" <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 1:27:17 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [Womeninfreesoftware] Hello, and a Question
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:18:04AM -0700, Christian Einfeldt wrote:
> >
> > Richard Stallman has made it publicly known that he has Asperger's
> > Syndrome.
>
> {{citation-needed}}
>
> -Leigh
>
>
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