15 August 2012

Famous people w/ AS.

Characteristic of Asperger
  Find social situation confusing
  Find it hard to make small talk
  Do not enjoy imaginative story-writing
  Literal thinker
  Repetitive routine provides security
  Stresses when routine suddenly changes
  Do certain things in an inflexible, repetitive way
  Lack of empathy
  Find it hard to understand what others are thinking/feeling
  People often say -- is rude even when this was not the intent
  Have difficulty making friends
  Difficulties understanding subtleties of communicating through: Eye contact, Body language, Facial expressions
  Unusually strong, narrow interests
  Can focus on certain things for very long periods
  Good at picking up details and facts
  Have normal to above normal intelligence
  Highly logical thinking

Bill Gates
  Rocking motion
  Socially awkward
  Voice lacks tone
  High intelligence
  Single minded focus
  Flat tone of voice
  suspected

Thomas Jefferson
  Shy
  Inability to relate to people
  Poor public speaker
  Sensitive to loud noises
  Poor eye contact "shifty glance"
  Genius
  suspected

Steven Spielberg
  Odd social tendencies
  Childhood obssession w/ film making
  Considered eccentric by others
  diagnosed as an adult

Bob Dylan
  Master writer of poems/songs w/ little interest in much else
  Created his own abstract world w/ his gift of verse
  suspected

Courtney Love
  Reacted negatively to affection
  Had a variety of inappropriate affect, including sudden fits of screaming
  Diagnosed as a child, mild autism

Albert Einstein
  Late onset of speech
  Recoiled from intimacy
  Had no friends as a child
  Repeated sentences obssessively
  Hated wearing socks
  Genius
  Appeared to be in his own world
  suspected

Al Gore
  Obssessive about single topic
  Flat affect
  Social awakrdness
  Inability to relate and speak w/ others on their level
  Intelligent
  suspected

Isaac Newton
  Inability to accept rules which appeared illogical
  Awakward social skills
  Rigid language
  suspected

Dan Aykroyd
  Has a fascination w/ police
  Always has to have a bad w/ him
  Obsessive
  Hyperactive
  Limited eye contact
  diagnosed as a child

Daryl Hannah
  Shy
  Socially awkward
  Lived in a fantasy world for years, playing w/ her trolls and pet bird, developing an inner life, creating imaginary characters
  diagnosed as a child, borderline autism

Henry Ford
  Concert thinker
  Unable to understand or tolerate other perspectives
  Rigid belief system
  suspected

Andy Warhol
  Obssession was able to fit in where he was accepted for his weirdness
  Distinctive artwork
  Unusual behaviours
  Odd relationships
  Eccenteric
  Need to search for patterns
  suspected

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