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A little bit further down he explains it's just a self-diagnosis. I think the implication is that Elon is formally diagnosed



Which means the fully qualified claim is something like: Musk is the first SNL host[1] with professional diagnosed[2] Asperger's syndrome to be public[3] about it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne self-diagnosed, musical guest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Humphries guest-star (as Dame Edna), diagnosed.

[2] Either Musk doesn't know about Aykroyd, or doesn't accept that someone might have Asperger's unless they have been professional diagnosed.

[3] Not everyone is public about all of their illnesses. What are the odds that a previous host has Asperger's but didn't think it was relevant to be public about?




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