Politician’s rise shows how much society can gain from neurodivergent minds
Something in David Trimble’s makeup enabled him to brush off crisis after crisis that would have crushed almost any other leader
Late Northern Ireland first minister David Trimble believed he was probably autistic — and some of his closest aides agreed, according to a new biography of the former unionist leader published this week.
Former BBC journalist Stephen Walker’s book, David Trimble: Peacemaker, reports cautiously and sensitively on something that has long been privately suggested in political circles.