Norm Ledgin

It's something of a parlor game to diagnose major historical figures. That said, this is informed speculation and an intriguing hypothesis. Overinterpretation? Cherry-picking? Sure! Overfitting the data, such as it is? Probably. But the contours seem right.

This book has gotten mixed reviews from people: critics saying the book is poorly written, based on a lot of impressions/opinions and not thorough research... and then readers like myself who approached it as an interesting idea... That all the quirks Jefferson was known for may have been due to the fact that he was on the autism spectrum.