Bill Gates reflects on youth: The journey of neurodiversity
"I was an unusual child. Today, I would probably be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder," wrote Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and one of the world's richest individuals, in his book.
Bill Gates mentioned that during his youth, it was not understood that "some people's minds process information differently." The term "neurodiversity" did not emerge until the 1990s. According to tvn24.pl, a fragment of the book "Source Code: My Origins" was published by "The Wall Street Journal." The publication is expected to hit bookstores in February.
The youth of Bill Gates: "An undeserved privilege"
"My parents didn't have any manuals to help them understand why their son had certain obsessions, lacked social skills, and was sometimes rude and behaved inappropriately, not perceiving the impact of his actions on others," reads an excerpt cited by the service.
In his memoirs, Bill Gates attributed his professional and personal success partly to "undeserved privilege" and "winning the birth lottery"—living in the wealthy United States. "I am a white man, and society favors white men," wrote the billionaire.
