E-Diot Savants? - Brief Article

While many may consider them socially retarded hardcore computer geeks could be suffering from a mild form of autism, an L.A. Times story suggests (Sources of this speculation were identified only as "people"). While classic autism involves a degree of mental retardation, these computer experts could have Asperger's Syndrome, a highly functional variety characterized by normal or above average lQs, excellent rote memory, and a lack of empathy and inability to read nonverbal cues.

Sources (again, "people") suggest richest human/supreme nerdly being Bill Gates may even be a victim given the Microsoft honcho's proclivity to rock to and fro, throw tantrums and neglect his appearance.