Was Einstein Learning Disabled?: Anatomy of a Myth From: Skeptic | Date: December 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright Millennium Press, Inc. 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE THE interests of individuals with learning disabilities claim that Einstein had a learning disability, and this claim has become widely accepted. A review of biographical sources, however, provides little or no evidence to support this assertion. The claim derives its force not from facts but from a powerful belief-that the greatest among us suffer from some impairment-and from an equally powerful desire to enhance the status of a marginalized group by including within it exceptional individuals.

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