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Peer reviewedAdelman, Kimberly A.; Adelman, Howard S. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1987
The practice of posthumously diagnosing historical figures is discussed. Emphasis is on the unsatisfactory nature of evidence found for those diagnosed as learning-disabled or dyslexic and the possibility of other explanations for identified problems. Posthumous diagnoses of Auguste Rodin, George Patton, Thomas Edison, Woodrow Wilson, and Albert…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Death, Disability Identification
