You wouldn't believe what poor Thomas Jefferson had! Autism, epilepsy, depression, OCD, migraine...well, the list just goes on out the door. I'm amazed such an ill person managed to do all he did. At any rate, most everybody of his day and age had many health issues, but most of what Jefferson was thought to have was likely not so. I tend to put the many issues Lincoln has been saddled with in that category. For some reason, it's a past-time to handicap a highly successful person with so many disabilities it would be impossible for them to have surmounted all of it. To me, Lincoln had some illnesses like just about everyone of his time, but not the three foot deep file many would put on him. It would take a supernaturally strong person to overcome all these things and what Lincoln did in spite of what he really did have was pretty spectacular without additional handicaps!
However, all that said, I do tend to agree with those who think Stonewall Jackson might have been a high functioning autistic. Being an aspie would sure explain a lot about him! But, we can never know because the subject is not here to be examined.
Just an odd memory - a long while back I was in some disabilities therapist's office waiting and noticed an 'inspirational' poster on the wall, which listed about 20 people with various mental and physical disabilities who were famous - artists, actors, scientists, statesmen, etc. What bothered me was all but Steven Hawkings and Lincoln had committed suicide!