Article~Author presents theory of ' struggle with Asperger's

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Author presents theory of ' struggle with Asperger's - His affinity for his Newfoundland, Seaman, is one aspect of the famed captain's psyche that seems clear 200 years after his mysterious death. Not much else does, though. Now a leading and scholar from Helena sees ' “distinct preference for four-legged company over two” as evidence he dealt with Asperger's syndrome throughout his life. “Recovering alcoholics tell me that was a classic alcoholic,” wrote ie Ambrose Tubbs, who'll read and talk about her theory Thursday night at the Lolo Community Center at 7 p.m. “Depressives say he surely was one of them. Bipolar disorder, brain syphilis and malaria have also been suggested, but none of these present-day diagnoses come as close, I believe, to revealing his strikingly complex personality as does the recently defined Asperger's syndrome.”

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