Elon Musk responded to his father's claim that teachers were concerned about his childhood behavior, revealing he was described as "retarded" for staring into space during class. The concerns, which led to a special education suggestion, were later attributed to a hearing problem. Musk later identified growing up with Asperger's syndrome.
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