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Celebrities and Other Famous Folks With Autism
As a child, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, Albert Einstein was considered a loner and obsessively repeated sentences until he was about 7 years old -- signs scientists believe illustrated his autism, according to BBC News. Einstein was also well-known for his confusing lectures, but some blame this on his intelligence.
Celebrities and Other Famous Folks With Autism
Actress Daryl Hannah, best known for her role in movies like "Splash" and "Kill Bill," was reportedly diagnosed with a form of autism when she was a child, according to Capitol Weekly. She was later diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, according to reports.
Celebrities and Other Famous Folks With Autism
Bill Gates, the infamous Microsoft genius, was never diagnosed with autism but he reportedly shows several personality traits typical of those with Asperger's syndrome. Both Time and MSNBC reported on the similarities between Gates' personality and Asperger's symptoms.
Celebrities and Other Famous Folks With Autism
Max Burkholder plays a boy with Asperger's syndrome, Max Braverman, on the television series "Parenthood."
Celebrities and Other Famous Folks With Autism
John Travolta, a long-time Scientologist, revealed his son Jett's autistic condition after his death in January 2009. Jett was 16 years old when he passed away and also suffered from Kawasaki disease, an inflammatory disorder of the artery walls.
Celebrities and Other Famous Folks With Autism
1984 Heisman Trophy winner and former pro-football player, Doug Flutie created an organization to help raise autism awareness and funds to help support families faced with the disorder. The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation was created in the name of Flutie's son who was diagnosed with childhood disintegrative disorder, a rare form of autism, at the age of 3.
Celebrities and Other Famous Folks With Autism
The CW's America's Next Top Model contestant, Heather Kuzmich, has Asperger's syndrome. Although other contestants on the show often made fun of her odd demeanor, she was voted the viewer favorite eight weeks in a row while on the show, according to The New York Times.
Celebrities and Other Famous Folks With Autism
Sylvester Stallone's son, Seargeoh, was diagnosed with autism in the early 1980s, according to People magazine.
Celebrities and Other Famous Folks With Autism
Josh Hartnett and Radha Mitchell play two people with Asperger's syndrome who fall in love in the 2005 movie, "Mozart and the Whale."
Celebrities and Other Famous Folks With Autism
Some people question whether Dan Aykroyd was joking when he revealed his Asperger's syndrome diagnosis, but according to UK's The Guardian, his psychiatrist made the call when he showed signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Celebrities and Other Famous Folks With Autism
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4-28-2010 @ 12:32PM
The Bookfiend said...It's nice to know that there are so many famous people who are either on the autistic spectrum or have a sibling or a child on the spectrum. Some have become famous through the talent that autism has given them - others have struggled and come to a late diagnosis and then an understanding of themsleves. No-one is the same - each person on the spectrum is different and now that htere is more awareness - hopefully more people will get the help they need.
I now run a website www.bfkautism.com in honour of my own autisitc daughter Naomi - it was recently split of from the main website www.bfkbooks.com which was also set up in honour of Naomi's voracious reading. Over 50% of us working on the BFK websites are on the autistic spectrum - and use our talents in different ways.
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5-14-2010 @ 2:12PM
LYNN HERRERA said...I TOO HAVE AN AUTISTIC SON WHO IS AMAZING.
I HAVE HIM IN A PROGRAM STARTED BY JIM & CATHY GOTT
JIM THE FORMER LA DODGER PITCHER HAS TWO SON'S WITH AUTISM AND HAS STARTED A SOCIAL SKILLS PROGRAM FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN IN ALTADENA CA. CALLED: (THE EDUCATION SPECTRUM.) THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING SUCH WONDERFUL,HOPE FILLED INFORMATION.
LYNN HERRERA & MY SON TIMOTHY
ALTADENA CALIF.
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7-03-2010 @ 7:47AM
Kiko said...I wish the article writer hadn't put Jenny McCarthy up in this article, it's an insult to autism in general. The woman is downright crazy, and is the worst kind of attention seeker. Her campaign to green vaccines isn't founded of science, but her own desire to stay in the spotlight, and is causing mass panick among concerned parents who are unsure how to handle emerging symptoms that may or may not be linked to autism. Despite numerous studies defending vaccines and their safety she continues to push blindly forward, claiming that she knows something health officials do not. On top of this her own testimonies clash, leaving room to speculate, exactly what is the truth? McCarthy claims that she knew before the vaccination that something was 'wrong' and she should have stopped it then. ((Let me put this on hold a brief moment to stress the word in that sentence... Knew. It's something McCarthy uses a lot, she doesn't think, she knows.)) She then claims that her son radically changed immediately after his vaccination, and the vaccine was to blame.
But.
Looking back at her history the immediate lie is brought to light, if she was so sure of this diagnosis, why did she also "Know" that her son was a psychic being of the future who understood the ways of the universe better than any other being? That she, the Adult Indigo was an intelligent and spiritual being whose purpose is to guide her chosen son in leading to a bright future? In her article "Insights of an Indigo Mom A Mother's Awakening" McCarthy describes vividly how she "Knew" Her son was a blessed indigo child.
" The day I found out I was an adult Indigo will stay with me forever. I was walking hand in hand with my son down a Los Angeles street when this women approached me and said, “You’re an Indigo and your son is a Crystal.” I immediately replied, “Yes!” and the woman smiled at me and walked away. I stood there for a moment, because I had no idea what the heck an Indigo and Crystal was, but I seemed so sure of it when I had blurted out “Yes!” After doing some of my own research on the word Indigo, I realized not only was I an early Indigo but my son was in fact a Crystal child. From that point on things in my life started to make sense. "
There is that knew again! She -knew- the moment that woman said crystal child on the street that her son was one, and she found the evidence to support it. After all, as an Indigo Adult she would be a smart guardian, to lead her child boldly into the future, right?
She later goes on to preach the exact same ways of living that she stresses in her autism campaign, but this time under the rouse of 'Crystal child'.
" As all of you know, being a mother changes you in ways that you never thought you could imagine. I went from chain smoking and eating cheeseburgers to Hepa air filters and eating vegetarian after my son was born. ... I was so eager to go on every talk show and preach to the world about the importance of healthy air, healthy food, and empowering our children to be the divine manifestors they came here to be. ... I want our children to start each day in silent meditation with an intention for that day. I want organic cafeterias, outdoor class sessions, teaching about the power of thought, getting rid of rote memorization. "
None of the above is bad, understand, but it is shockingly similar to what she stresses for the treatment of autism. She actively hunted women to rise behind this healthy movement for the sake of their "Crystal child", but the publicity didn't come. It was marked the same as other nonsense theories, and she couldn't get the fame she wanted. This article was published online prior to June, 2006, and less than a year later she took it all back.
She claimed not only was her child not a Crystal Child, but he had been diagnosed autistic a full year before her rant on the subject. On top of that she claimed she -knew- from the beginning that vaccines cause Evan's autism. She just needed to do the same thing she did before with the Crystal Child scam... Google until she found the information she wanted to support her claim. Now she is preaching the same way of life for autistic children, and gaining the support she wants, and at what cost? The vaccine autism myth has been tested time and again, by hundreds of scientists in countries around the world. Chemically there is no basis for it, and from a common sense stance it exceeds ridiculous. What this woman claims in a global conspiracy pushing out harmful vaccines... For what? Money? It would take billion upon billion of dollars to bribe the number of organizations involved in vaccine research. The pressure to redo the same studies time and again is already costing millions, just on its own. In the end it makes no logical sense, yet parents listen to her, and they stop vaccinating as they wait for the magic green vaccine to appear. The more kids go unvaccinated, the more open to disease counties become. Even now while vaccine rates are still high there are outbreaks of whooping cough, measles, mumps... Diseases that no child should have to suffer through any more. Still, children are dying, and those who follow McCarthy doesn't understand the harm she is causing. She preaches eliminating vaccines altogether if the US hasn't dealt with them for a long enough time. Horrible, deadly diseases still seen in third world countries, like polio. If she had her way this entire country would go unprotected from it, and when reintroduced in a population where no one has an immunity against it... How many would die? You can't treat a virus with antibiotics, McCarthy.
Now I ask, is this a woman you want as an autism advocate? Do you want this site in any way linked to someone who cannot keep her story straight, who would do anything to push forward her own ideals and beliefs? If McCarthy had her way parents around the world would be burying their children, watching them wither and die from diseases no doctor has seen in decades. All based on propaganda and her own innate ability to understand fact from fiction.
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1-09-2011 @ 4:36PM
Ralph Colon said...LOOKING FOR THE AUTISM HERO SPONSOR OR A MOVIE
PRODUCER
Famous Actor John Travolta lost his son to a seizure that may have contributed to autism without realizing that his son may have had Autism at the time of his son‘s death. Many Actors and families alike today have Autism Children and most of them do not understanding how their children contracted the Autism, because Autism does not run in their immediate family, or they were born normal. Fact is the genes do not play a part in contracting Autism besides the identical twin at birth. Jenny McCarthy also says that vaccines are the cause to Autism for some years now. Doctor Andrew Wakefield who fabricated a fraudulent report claiming vaccines causes Autism was ruled out of the medical field, after the destruction he caused for many years on the subject and may have caused children from getting vaccinated. Pediatricians and others claim that Autism can be caught through Environmental factors; fact is, - that none of them no doctor or researcher can claim any of these possibilities that causes Autism unless there is a case history to prove it, but there isn’t one - never was.
However, I do have a case history that can prove once and for all how and why our children are being diagnose with Autism today, and its my grandson’s. A case history from a different cause than described by Jenny McCarthy and these other assumptions from some doctors claims. Its been happening to our children for 35 years non-stop, this is what’s going on and the public have been blindsided by the medical community who knows too well what is really going on here, and will not even blink an eye. It’s about making that insurance check higher by not informing the parents on what could happen to their children if they knew the recipe.
I am a new author. Just a grandfather who wrote an incredible true story 64.000 words all true about how my grandson got his Autism. After my long and exhausted research -now I am convinced and out to save millions of children who are born normal from contracting the Autism Disorder in later years. I am out to stop what they did to my grandson that no other child should go through but unfortunately, this is happening everyday to thousands of children. I am looking for a sponsor or a movie producer to make this movie or publish my book on what happen to my grandbaby, and the bloody sad events that we went through to save Christopher’s life, and to save the millions of children of tomorrow who are born normal to Autism, and to the child who will die through this process. It is the children that are born normal then later to Autism that I want to save. I have no-money to self publish and many publishers and agents won’t deal with a new author - a catch 22 that it has exhausted me, so now I’m forced to look for a movie producer or a sponsor with this shocking true story that will save lives, but I haven’t been successful because is a greedy world and to each his own
I know this is not the way to do this without an agent, but I cannot afford to do everything through the norm. I just have to take my chances against this cruel and greedy society looking for Mr. Autism Hero that can make this happen. It is known that a child can be born with Autism at birth because of the genes of twins or from the mother who did not take proper care of herself during her pregnancy. Autism, a disease growing in unstoppable numbers. Some at birth, and a great many in years later after birth. It is well known that out of 1 in 90 children that are diagnose today with Autism Disorder a great majority is diagnose with this disease years after a normal birth, making it a puzzling effect on a great many families, including families of stature. The mega population of Autism children that are born normal - parents find out years later when the child hits 3 to 5 years old that their children are diagnose with Autism. Fact is, for many families their child should have never been diagnosed with Autism if they were informed about what’s to come, - if? That is the big word here “IF”. Obvious there is more to say after “IF.” Unbelievably - this is the truth, and the proof is with my grandson and my research.
The government refuses to do anything about the leading source that is infecting our children with Autism until this day. For over 30 years, they refuse to contact the source causing the Autism Affect on our children because of Pharmaceutical Companies and Lobbyists. Today my grandbaby would not have Autism today, and we would not be seeing this mega population of Autism children today 30 years later. I have solid proof of everything I am saying, and what is so sad about this - Is that the answer to all this is right in front of us! The name of the book - “THE BLOOD OF AUTISM”; this book will educate and save lives.
Please help me with a donation to publish my book - 3625 Grand Prix Drive Sebring Florida 33872-2954. Your donations will be paid back with the proceeds of the book. I am sure the Book will sell well. The Bible says - “Ask and you will receive”, “Knock and the Door Will Be Open.” I am asking you to please make this worthwhile donation to my address above. God will bless you for it. God Bless You.
GOD BLESS OUR CHILDREN. GOD GRANT ME THE POWER TO HELP CHANGE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO HURT OUR CHILDREN FOR 30 YEARS THROUGH A MOVIE PRODUCER IN MAKING THIS MOVIE COME TRUE, OR HELP ME WITH A DONATION TO PUBLISH MY BOOK.
P.S. I have gotten many responses from claim professionals with their own ideas for my Grandbaby’s story and my discovery. I do not have time for games people play.
I will only share my story with a Movie Producer or to a person who would
Make a donation to publish my book to save children and families from
Contracting the Autism Affect and learning the truth. I do not care what any doctor or pharmaceutical or lobbyist has to say, fact is that many doctors in my book would agree with this incredible story. The truth will prevail, the facts are clear.
Ralph Colon - RC GRANDPA autismhero54@yahoo.com 863-385-2030 HM. 863-414-1822 Cell.
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1-10-2011 @ 6:26PM
Jennifer said...I am also a grandmother of a child with autism. He started developing normally from birth to approximately 1 1/2 years of age. However, I disagree with you regarding the pharmaceutical companies. I do not believe that is the reason. If so, then why did so many others display the symptoms in places were inoculations are not given, or before they were distributed? As you know, the spectrum has widened to include more symptoms. I believe that this is hereditary and those individuals were not properly diagnosed. In my grandson's case, it was discovered that his paternal aunt, as well as his father display traits that are included in this spectrum. These traits are numerous but include compulsive behavior, repetitive gestures, inability to show empathy, and speech impediments. These were overlooked by physicians, and educators. It was only diagnosed when social issues made it necessary for psychological analysis. The results were clear as crystal.
I am all for finding a concrete cause/cure for autism, however, I do not believe that it is a cut and dried as what you have stated.
I wish the best to your grandson.
2-24-2011 @ 10:49PM
Maria said...Hi, I am a mother of a 22 year old child who suffers from autism and mental retardation.I do not know what is the cause or how to cure it.I just want to know how other parents are surviving the the difficult road that is raising a young adult that suffers from the spectrum.My son is non verbal and is suffering from severe obsesive compulsive behaviors.I want to know if other parents are experiencing the same.
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3-10-2011 @ 6:35AM
Julia Rachel said...Autism is not an anomoly and has now been traced to gentics as well as having been linked to stealth brain viruses HHV-6A and the retrovirus XMRV. Seizures are typical with both viruses. New studies are showing preliminary results that Autistic Children inherit this from their parents, who unknowingly carry XMRV and HHV-6A in either the latent or active phases. We are in a new age of Autism. Within the next year, many,many,many folks will understand this disease as well as how to prevent further pandemic.
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3-30-2011 @ 4:44PM
JessicaR750 said...It's really nice to see so many famous people with Autism. My cousin Alex has autism and sometimes it's a real struggle to sped time with him. This is just reassuring to me, even though I don't know a lot of the people they showed.
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