"I would be willing to bet that when Mrs. Washington held little baby George in her arms for the first time, she had no idea the great gift that this baby would grow to be for the whole nation."
On this day in 1775, the first shots of the American Revolution were fired. Out of this war came one of the greatest military heroes of all time, who later became the first President of the United States: the very likely autistic George Washington.
While George Washington did possess a very headstrong, rigid attitude at times, which in his case could be attributed not only to autism but low self-esteem due to being shamed as a child(!) overall he cared deeply for his soldiers. He knew that he was in a leadership role, thousands of fighting men (and women...) depended on him, and even when his troops had to march through snow with rags tied around his feet, General Washington did what he could to keep them moving. Know how autistic people are often (wrongfully often) accused of never thinking of others, only themselves? That wasn't George. George always had the best interest of his troops at hand. Absolutely I can see why it was insisted that he become the first President of the United States. George Washington should be an inspiration to everyone, autistic or not.
http://www.revolutionary-war.net/george-washington.html
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