High Functioning Autism:
Temple Grandin, a designer of humane food animal handling systems.
Michelle Dawson, autism researcher and autism rights activist who has made ethical challenges to Applied Behavior Analysis [22]
Dylan Scott Pierce, wildlife illustrator
Donna Williams, Australian author of Nobody Nowhere and Somebody Somewhere; after testing for deafness in late childhood, and being labelled 'disturbed', Donna was formally diagnosed as autistic in her 20s
Aspergers:
Daniel Tammet, British autistic savant, believed to have Asperger Syndrome [20]
Liane Holliday Willey, author of Pretending to be Normal, Asperger Syndrome in the Family; Asperger syndrome advocate; education professor; and adult diagnosed with Asperger syndrome at age 35
Satoshi Tajiri, creator of Pokémon
Dawn Prince-Hughes, PhD, primate anthropologist, ethologist, and author of Songs for the Gorilla Nation
Autistic Savants:
Matt Savage, U.S. autistic jazz prodigy
Henriett Seth-F., Hungarian autistic savant, poet, writer and artist
Jonathan Lerman, American artist
Severe Autism:
Tito Mukhopadhyay, author, poet and philosopher
Unspecified Autism:
Daryl Hannah, an American actress best known for her roles in Splash, Blade Runner and Kill Bill was diagnosed as a child as being 'borderline autistic'
Matthew Laborteaux, actor on Little House on the Prairie
Sue Rubin, subject of documentary Autism Is a World. Sue Rubin has no oral speech but does communicate with facilitated communication.
Christopher Knowles, American poet
CHECK BACK SOON, THERE'S MORE TO COME!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
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