As she observes, obsessional interests and repetitive behaviours would allow someone to practice, albeit inadvertently, whichever skill they were obsessed by.

ECONOMIST: Autism and extraordinary ability: Genius locus | The

Can such an obsessional figure deliver a lasting settlement?

ECONOMIST: The king of Turkish Cyprus

Like many people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Gillian said she was too embarrassed to talk about her condition with her family and used to try to hide her obsessional thoughts and ritualistic actions from them.

BBC: Gillian waited years to get the correct diagnosis and help

Lawyer friends tell me that the plain tiffs who bring test cases, the suits that change laws overturning discriminatory statutes, for instance are often cranky, obsessional people (not debonair dinner guests at all), and the same is often true of whistle-blowers, who try, sometimes without success, to alert the world to grand-scale larcenous behavior.

NEWYORKER: Noble Creatures