Notable cases

 

 

Baron-Cohen speculates that Albert Einstein had AS.

AS is sometimes viewed as a syndrome with both advantages and disadvantages, and notable adults with AS or autism have achieved success in their fields. Prominent AS-diagnosed individuals include Nobel Prize-winning economist Vernon Smith, electropop rocker Gary Numan,[ Vines frontman Craig Nicholls and Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokémon. Colorado State University professor and author Temple Grandin was diagnosed with autism at a young age, and has used her autism to her advantage in her profession as an animal behaviorist specializing in livestock handling.

Some AS researchers speculate that well-known figures, including Jeremy Bentham, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Glenn Gould and Ludwig Wittgenstein had AS because they showed some AS-related tendencies or behaviors, such as intense interest in one subject, or social problems. These speculative diagnoses, especially posthumous ones, remain controversial, as they work only from biographical information and sometimes ignore documented traits that would indicate against Asperger syndrome. Autistic-rights activists use such speculative diagnoses to argue that it would be a loss to society if autism were cured.

The following people have been diagnosed as being somewhere on the autistic spectrum but the specific classification is unknown.

 

 Daryl Hannah, American actress best known for her roles in Splash, Blade Runner and Kill Bill was diagnosed as a child as being 'borderline autistic'

 

People with Asperger syndrome

 

People with high-functioning autism

Autistic savants

(A wise or scholarly person with Autism.)

People with severe autism

 

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