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== Literature ==
* Christopher Boone of ''[[The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time]]'' fame has either [[Asperger's Syndrome]] or high-functioning Kanner's autism (it's never totally clear), but either way, it's stereotype city. Christopher has no emotions, no personal insight, no empathy, virtually no social skills at all, and is obsessed with- you guessed it, maths and science, which he understands to crazy savant levels. Despite his intelligence, however, he doesn't seem to know what commas are for as he writes in big long 'and then' lists, stating things that are happening around him but never elaborating on them.
** [http://iautistic.com/autism-myths-the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time.php This article] goes into it more fully.
* The ''[[Discworld]]'''s Altogether Andrews probably suffers from DID, or something like it. He has eight different personalities, and none of them answer to "Andrews". He seems to get along with his beggar compatriots okay, except for the personality answering to "Burke"; he's not described in detail, but it's not pretty. Aside from the fact that Burke is said to be "kept buried by the other personalities", there's no indication that the different personalities are aware of one another.
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