New Delhi, Jan. 25 -- Microsoft founder Gates said in a recent interview that he would be diagnosed with autism if he were a child today. The billionaire noted that autism had a very narrow definition back then, and that some of his childhood traits would fit today's accepted norms.

In an interaction with Wall Street Journal, Gates said, "This whole thing of Asperger's or on the spectrum is a fairly new thing, you know? It used to be autism had a fairly narrow definition that was you know clearly identifiable,"

"But this idea that if you're slow socializing - you know, I have a behavior where I rock that bothers people, but that's also common so-called self-esteeming type thing. So I realized, wow, there's a bit of a pattern match there...