This page features people PURPORTED in the media to have Asperger syndrome or high functioning autism who make the news because of positive accomplishments which might shape public perception of people actually on the autism spectrum.
SINGER & MUSICIAN - James Durbin
Singer and musician who was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome and Asperger Syndrome when he was about ten years old. He finished in fourth place in the tenth season of the television singing competition "American Idol" in 2011. Read more about Durbin on cnn.com here:
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/20/american-idol-favorite-james-durbin-overcomes-tourettes-aspergers-and-bullying/
James Durbin Wikipedia page
ACTRESS - Daryl Hannah
Issues caused by Hannah's Asperger syndrome interfered with her career. Read more about it at bostom.com here:
http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2010/02/13/daryl_hannah_blacklisted_by_hollywood/
Some have suggested Hannah displays traits of Asperger syndrome in interviews such as this television interview from 1989 available on youtube.com here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qQkozkn8Cc
Daryl Hannah Wikipedia page
POET & ARTIST - Christopher Knowles
Christopher Knowles Wikipedia page
ACTOR, SCREENWRITER, & SINGER - Dan Aykroyd
Listen to interview of Dan Aykroyd with NPR Terry Gross in which he mentions Tourettes syndrome and Asperger syndrome here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4181931
Dan Aykroyd Wikipedia page
ECONOMIST - Vernon L Smith (Nobel Laurette in Economics)
Vernon L Smith Wikipedia page
COMPOSER - Hikari Oe
Hikari Oe Wikipedia page
ANTHROPOLOGIST - Dawn Prince-Hughes
Dawn Prince-Hughes Wikipedia page
MUSICIAN - Gary Numan
Gary Numan Wikipedia page
MUSICIAN & ARTIST - David Byrne
David Byrne Wikipedia page
PROFESSIONAL BOXER - Dereck Chisora
Chisora's trainer, Don Charles, believes that he has autism, but indicates the fighter has not been formally diagnoses. Read more about it at dailymail.co.uk here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-2171595/Don-Charles-believes-Dereck-Chisora-autism.html
Dereck Chisora Wikipedia page
PARALYMPIC SWIMMER - Jessica-Jane Applegate
UK swimmer with Asperger syndrome who won a gold medal in the S14 200m freestyle at the 2012 Paralympics in London.
Jessica-Jane Applegate Wikipedia page
SINGER & MUSICIAN - Craig Nicholls
Lead singer of the Australian band The Vines that achieved major success beginning in 2002. Nicholls' diagnosis of Asperger syndrome emerged in 2004 in defending criminal charges against him.
Craig Nicholls Wikipedia page
ACTOR - Paddy ConsidineWas diagnosed with Asperger syndrome in 2010 but was subsequently diagnosed with Irlen syndrome (scotopic sensitivity syndrome). Read more about his diagnosis experiences at telegraph.co.uk here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/10041632/Paddy-Considine-gripped-by-despair-over-illness.html
Paddy Considine Wikipedia page
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