Vlad the impaler, sorry sorry, Mr Putin, Russian president, has been remotely diagnosed with Aspergers, writes the Telegraph. It's based on a Pentagon report from 2008 and is only based on videos. While it may be true, it's methods are limited and it's postulation that he has an extreme need for control as a part of his Aspy is speculation at best. The Telegraph is also not peer reviewed.
Let's have a quick Google search. Sky and MSNBC are running this story too. Sky reiterates the Telegraph, saying that his mother may have had a stroke during pregnancy, interupting fetal development. However, Sky quotes a Dr Stephen Porges, a psychiatry professor from the university of North Carolina as concluding that Mr Putin has a form of autism but caveats that with the fact that the report was never finished and he would shy away from an Aspy diagnosis.
MSNBC (citing USAtoday) states it's a U.S. Naval War College (Rhode Island, yes I'm splitting hairs) report and has a video. Anchor just called it Assburgers. They are claiming it's just a theory (read: hypothesis) that can only be proved with a brain scan.
Wait, what? My brain scan was for CP, all my Aspy tests where written and one on one with an educational psychiatrist.
This smells. But it's been fun diving into it.
Before I start demanding my own country (and grumble "show everybody"), I can't help but think this is a little propaganda. Also, to every Aspy who reads this blog, look what we can achieve.
Disability my eye, super powers engage! Guess we'll all have to settle for fictional universes in gaming.
"Show everybody!"
Links:
http://news.sky.com/story/1421850/putin-has-aspergers-pentagon-report-says
http://www.msnbc.com/way-too-early/watch/vladimir-putin-has-aspergers--study-394342979846
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