Bill Gates likely had autism as a child, he reveals: ‘Wasn’t widely understood’
Bill Gates said he believes he would have been diagnosed with autism if he were growing up today.
The Microsoft co-founder and tech billionaire, 69, made the revelation in his upcoming memoir, «Source Code: My Beginnings.»
In an excerpt of the book, which was published in The Wall Street Journal, Gates wrote about how his parents «struggled with their complicated son» during his childhood in Washington State.
«If I were growing up today, I probably would be diagnosed on the autism spectrum,» Gates wrote.
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«During my childhood, the fact that some people’s brains process information differently from others wasn’t widely understood.»
The term «neurodivergent,» widely used today, had not yet been coined while he was growing up, Gates noted.
«My parents had no guideposts or textbooks to help them grasp why their son became so obsessed with certain projects, missed social cues and could be rude and inappropriate without see..