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nettiespaghetti
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I saw something similar to that, it's funny how some of the fictional characters are some of my favorite characters. I mean, who doesn't like Cliff on Cheers? hehe  And non fictional, it probably goes without saying that my personal hero is Einstein.
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Prof_Pretorius
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Stanley Kubrick.
A genius at film making, and a true ASpie.
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Interesting list...I would've liked to see some explainations, though.
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Anemone
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Ah, yes, the list with John Denver on it.
Most of these people are unusually creative or intelligent, or different in some way, which you can call "autistic-like" if you like, though it's not autism. Hans Eysenck described a personality trait called psychoticism which would apply to most of them. I have no idea why John Denver is on the list, though. He seemed pretty conventional to me, from what I read of him. (I read over 300 biographies a while back for a project. Only a few might have been autistic. I don't see any of them on this list, except for Glenn Gould. I haven't made my mind up about him. Need to go back and reread a bunch.) |
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Willy Wonka´s missing!
you know Willy, from the Chocolate Factory..
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I didn't know about AS when Iworked with/for him, but my memory of him and his nephew says they were AS or had most of the traits.
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trotz
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| A name that is NOT on the list is Tim McCarver, the baseball broadcaster. Attention to detail is a part of having AS. He provides more detail than anybody I've ever heard when he's on the air. |
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krex
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Really frustrating and disappointing...non of the links I tried worked and there was no bio's to justify the persons opinions. In my mind it just makes people who "claim famouse ASers" lose crediability and start "urban mythes and rumors"...very disappointing site. 
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t0
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| krex wrote: | | Really frustrating and disappointing...non of the links I tried worked and there was no bio's to justify the persons opinions. In my mind it just makes people who "claim famouse ASers" lose crediability and start "urban mythes and rumors"...very disappointing site. |
Agree. It's autisnob propaganda. Until someone develops an accurate DNA test, digs up Einstein's body and performs the test on his remains, I will never believe that he was on the spectrum. That goes for anyone else on the list that is dead.
Rather than celebrating these people as potential spectrum residents, we should celebrate them for having unique qualities that allow them to contribute to society. Rather than pushing "AS is good - Einstein must have had it" we should be pushing "Unique thinkers are good - Einstein was one and so are many people with AS." |
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MysteryFan3
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| t0 wrote: | | Rather than celebrating these people as potential spectrum residents, we should celebrate them for having unique qualities that allow them to contribute to society. Rather than pushing "AS is good - Einstein must have had it" we should be pushing "Unique thinkers are good - Einstein was one and so are many people with AS." |
Agreed. Let's change what we can about ourselves (e.g. if a bad attitude or incorrect data sneaks in) and accept what we can't change. Spinning in circles is fun. Instead of head-banging, try massaging the spot you'd bang. It's very soothing. Stims - they're not just for breakfast.
Even if Einstein was autistic, it doesn't change who anyone else is. It doesn't change that everyone needs to be loved and appreciated. It doesn't change that we need to do it for ourselves so we can do it for the people we love and appreciate. And it doesn't change that those of us with high IQs don't have to be ultra-achievers. Just do the best you can in life and don't sweat someone else's mistaken attitude. It's more fun that way.
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I've noticed the late Syd Barret (of Pink Floyd fame) isn't on their, despite several rumours of AS....
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I LOL'd when I saw Michael Palin's name on the list. I mean, come on...
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HereComeTheLizards
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| Hodor wrote: | | I LOL'd when I saw Michael Palin's name on the list. I mean, come on... |
Well, he did do 'The Testing Of Eric Olthwaite', a classic depiction of someone with AS.
King Ludwig II of Bavaria almost certainly had AS, though.
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