Did Andy Warhol have Asperger's?

There is a fascinating article called Illness: the pathway to creative genius? which explores conditions that may have contributed to the great masters of the arts and sciences. Aside from a fascinating discussion of the influence of cataracts on the development of impressionism, the article goes on to single out Warhol as a likely Person With Asperger's:

At Oxford, Ioan James, a professor of geometry, is writing a book in which he investigates whether 20 influential figures, including Einstein and Newton, the composer Bartók, the mathematician Alan Turing and the artist Andy Warhol, had Asperger’s syndrome, a mild autism characterised by extremely focused attention. James argues that the obsessive and repetitious behaviour often associated with autism was a positive thing in these people. “Perseverance, perfectionism, disregard for social conventions and unconcern about the opinions of others could be seen as a prerequisite for creativity, and these are also behaviours associated with Asperger’s,” he says.

A great read, I recommend it to all.