From: GEVANS613-AT-aol.com
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 13:04:40 EDT
Subject: Another Sufferer from Heidegger's Syndrome


*The artist Michelangelo may have suffered from the condition Asperger's  
Syndrome, according researchers. *

Two experts in Asperger's, a  milder form of autism, say the artist had 
many of the traits linked with the  condition which causes social problems.

"Michelangelo was aloof and a  loner," said psychiatrist Dr Muhammad 
Arshad, one of those involved in the  research.

He added that Michelangelo's father and grandfather, as well as  one of 
his brothers, had autistic tendencies.

*Reality*

The  research, by Dr Arshad and Professor Michael Fitzgerald of Trinity 
College  Dublin, was published in the Journal Of Medical Biography.

The pair  describe Michelangelo, who died in 1564, as "strange, without 
affect, and  isolated," adding that he was "preoccupied with his own 
private  reality".

"His single-minded work routine, unusual lifestyle, limited  interests, 
poor social and communication skills and various issues of life  control 
appear to be features of high-functioning autism or Asperger's  Synrome."

They also compared his personality to that of Regency  architect John 
Nash, who also suffered from the condition.

Sufferers  of Asperger's Syndrome often display talents in a particular 
area, such as  maths or arts and philosophy etc.
Nullius in Verba

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