tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997072229992650799.post1140083571938780337..comments2023-05-07T10:38:53.587-04:00Comments on The Clinical Psychologist's Bookshelf: Did Stonewall Jackson have Asperger's?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723122692560021185noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997072229992650799.post-37413970426295984652016-05-13T21:24:50.725-04:002016-05-13T21:24:50.725-04:00I was just reading a bit about Jackson and started...I was just reading a bit about Jackson and started thinking his approach to life sounded a lot like Asperger's syndrome. Thanks for the posting.Jeff Staddonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593505184280765617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997072229992650799.post-91868102170324795922014-12-05T04:58:25.342-05:002014-12-05T04:58:25.342-05:00Some of the sweeping statements are dubious ("...Some of the sweeping statements are dubious ("he was better prepared for the American Civil War than any other military general"? Lee had a longer career, more experience in combat and command, just to name one, and there are many), and they don't exploit a number of other resources on Jackson ("Bud" McFarland at Va. Tech., for example, author of the most recent "definitive" bio of Jackson).<br /><br />I think Jackson was no doubt suffering from some mental aberration, maybe Asperger's was an aspect of it, but he also had odd ideas about diet, thought the blood pooled in the left side of his body (causing him to hold his left hand in the air for extended periods of time, in hopes of draining the blood back where it belonged), and of course had a wild and obsessive religious faith.<br /><br />How does all this relate to his savant-like ability to read ground and distribute force effectively? Aspects of the same mental condition?BKYounghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04618787756218415798noreply@blogger.com