Famous People With Aspergers Syndrome or Autism

In the course of my research for this blog I have found some famous people who suffer with Asperger's Syndrome and Autism.

I have made a list of the most well known famous people who suffer from Autism.

• Bill Gates (Founder Of Microsoft)
• Michael Palin (Travel Writer And Actor)
• Hans Asperger (Scientist Who Founded Asperger's Syndrome)
• Albert Einstein (Scientist)
• Jane Austen (Novelist)
• Jay Leno (Talkshow Host)
• Theo Paphitis (Entrepreneur)
• Henry Ford (Automobile Guru And Inventor of Production Lines)
• Jim Henson (Puppeteer)
• Charles Darwin (Naturalist) 

And Many More!

The following video is based on quotes from famous Dyslexia and Asperger's Sufferers

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My Views On Autism

My views on autism is that  it affects people in different ways. For someone like me I try not to let it affect my life because I have a good support network when i have been going through the school system from high school to graduation.

I have long struggled to make friends because I was a shy person but the support that i have received from my parents and support workers has helped me to overcome my fears and also I have had problems with my handwriting which meant that I would have problems in doing simple tasks such as filling out forms.

I was doing my BTEC course in computing at Leicester College  which is when I came into contact  with the NAS for the first time and they have provided me with the facilities  that I needed through the stages of my life. This support was very useful to me in my university days because I started in Staffordshire University where I stayed for a year but I gave up because of other health problems.

When I came back to Leicester the help and support that I received has helped me to gain confidence and to make friends which i have still kept to this day. This was useful  when as part of my course I had to work in a outside job placement where we had to work as a team and in July 2010 I have graduated with honours.

My point is that if you have or have been diagnosed with autism in the UK there is a good support network available to give you support whenever you need it (see links below).  There are many forums and charities  which can give you advice on this topic and forums where you can air your views.










     








 

How Autism Sufferers Cope

People cope in different ways with autism depending on the severity of the autism and the person.

Severe autism sufferers in particular have problems because they find it difficult to communicate with people who don't have an understanding of this disability. An example of this is when a routine task becomes a chore for people with autism as the following video shows.

 

(Copyright National Autistic Society) 

This is because people with autism especially severe autism don't realise that what they are doing is sometimes wrong  because they are focused on a particular goal in the case of the person in the video its getting on a train because with autism the person in the video doesn't realise that the train will not leave without him. 

This problem is not helped by people in authority who don't realise that people with autism have different thought patterns than normal people  an example being the train conductor in the video when the autistic man tried to force the door handle.  This could have been prevented  if the train conductor had proper training in handling autism sufferers 

The problem is compounded by the members of the public who do not help which causes tension.  

This is because in the film one of the members of the public was laughing at him because they don't realise the effects that this has on the autistic person. 

This problem can be solved by simple training to help prevent these sort of problems for happening and make life simpler for autism sufferers. 

     

What Is Autism

Autism is a learning disability which affects more than half a million people in the UK and many more worldwide.  Autism  comes in many forms such as the following.

• Dyslexia (Reading)
• Dyscalculia (Mathematics and Numbers)
• Dyspraxia (Motor Skills)
• Asperger's Syndrome (Social Interaction and Behaviour)

And many more.

Autism can range from mild to severe depending on the type of autism and the person.