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Historical famous people with Autism

Late 18th Century through Early 20th Century
* Jane Austen, 1775-1817, English novelist, author of Pride and Prejudice (see above)
* Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827, German/Viennese composer
* Alexander Graham Bell, 1847-1922, Scottish/Canadian/American inventor of the telephone
* Anton Bruckner, 1824-1896, Austrian composer
* Henry Cavendish, 1731-1810, English/French scientist, discovered the composition of air and water
* Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, US poet
* Thomas Edison, 1847-1931, US inventor
* Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German/American theoretical physicist
* Henry Ford, 1863-1947, US industrialist
* Kaspar Hauser, c1812-1833, German foundling, portrayed in a film by Werner Herzog
* Oliver Heaviside, 1850-1925, English physicist
* Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, US politician
* Carl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychoanalyst
* Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, Czech writer
* Wasily Kandinsky, 1866-1944, Russian/French painter
* H P Lovecraft, 1890-1937, US writer
* Ludwig II, 1845-1886, King of Bavaria
* Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1868-1928, Scottish architect and designer
* Gustav Mahler, 1860-1911, Czech/Austrian composer
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791, Austrian composer
* Isaac Newton, 1642-1727, English mathematician and physicist
* Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher
* Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British logician
* George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish playwright, writer of Pygmalion (see above), critic and Socialist
* Richard Strauss, 1864-1949, German composer
* Nikola Tesla, 1856-1943, Serbian/American scientist, engineer, inventor of electric motors
* Henry Thoreau, 1817-1862, US writer
* Alan Turing, 1912-1954, English mathematician, computer scientist and cryptographer
* Mark Twain, 1835-1910, US humorist
* Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter
* Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951, Viennese/English logician and philosopher

Historical people prominent in the late twentieth century (died after 1975)

* Isaac Asimov, 1920-1992, Russian/US writer on science and of science fiction, author of Bicentennial Man (see above)
* Hans Asperger, 1906-1980, Austrian paediatric doctor after whom Asperger’s Syndrom is named
* John Denver, 1943-1997, US musician
* Glenn Gould, 1932-1982, Canadian pianist
* Jim Henson, 1936-1990, creator of the Muppets, US puppeteer, writer, producer, director, composer
* Alfred Hitchcock, 1899-1980, English/American film director
* Howard Hughes, 1905-1976, US billionaire
* Andy Kaufman, 1949-1984, US comedian, subject of the film Man on the Moon
* L S Lowry, 1887-1976, English painter of “matchstick men”
* Charles Schulz, 1922-2000, US cartoonist and creator of Peanuts and Charlie Brown
* Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, US artist

Contemporary famous people

* Woody Allen, 1935-, US comedian, actor, writer, director, producer, jazz clarinettist
* Tony Benn, 1925-, English Labour politician
* Bob Dylan, 1941-, US singer-songwriter
* Joseph Erber, 1985-, young English composer/musician who has Asperger’s Syndrome, subject of a BBC TV documentary
* Bobby Fischer, 1943-, US chess champion
* Bill Gates, 1955-, US global monopolist
* Crispin Glover, 1964-, US actor
* Al Gore, 1948-, former US Vice President and presidential candidate
* Jeff Greenfield, 1943-, US political analyst/speechwriter, a political wonk
* David Helfgott, 1947-, Australian pianist, subject of the film Shine
* Michael Jackson, 1958-, US singer
* Garrison Keillor, 1942-, US writer, humorist and host of Prairie Home Companion
* Kevin Mitnick, 1963-, US “hacker”
* John Motson, 1945-, English sports commentator
* John Nash, 1928-, US mathematician (portrayed by Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind, USA 2001)
* Keith Olbermann, 1959-, US sportscaster
* Michael Palin, 1943-, English comedian and presenter
* Keanu Reeves, 1964-, Lebanese/Canadian/US actor
* Oliver Sacks, 1933-, UK/US neurologist, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Awakenings
 
Michael Jackson has autism?

Keanu Reeves is Lebanese?

wow... there goes my entire reality...
 
Bobby Fischer died....and dude you let your kids play with +3 magic weapons....damn hehehe
 
he's totally holding it wrong...

and someone get that kid a shield... he could turtle better than Dave ;-)
 
tieran said:
he's totally holding it wrong...

and someone get that kid a shield... he could turtle better than Dave ;-)
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Hes holding it so he can hit his best with it. Us short people need to choke up on the grips....Some how I think I will still end up turtling better
 
Gilwing said:
tieran said:
he's totally holding it wrong...

and someone get that kid a shield... he could turtle better than Dave ;-)
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Hes holding it so he can hit his best with it. Us short people need to choke up on the grips....Some how I think I will still end up turtling better
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Soory Dave the new rules require hieght requirements for shields....looks like you will have to use one of my old 1980 lunch boxes.
 
you could go with an 8" diameter pie plate!
 
Only if its He-Man......
 
the pie plate will be lighter ;-)
 
This calls for a BUMP
 
Mike you should post your new topics THEN bump this one.....you have to min-max the bumping :lol:
 
or do a pre-posting bump and then a post-posting bump

maybe with some mid-posting bumps throw in for good measure
 
that might work!!
 
Facts about Autism

1 in 150 births
1 to 1.5 million Americans
Fastest-growing developmental disability
10 - 17 % annual growth
Growth comparison during the 1990s:
U.S. population increase: 13%
Disabilities increase: 16%
Autism increase: 172%
$90 billion annual cost
90% of costs are in adult services
Cost of lifelong care can be reduced by 2/3 with early diagnosis and intervention
In 10 years, the annual cost will be $200-400 billion
 
New Jersey has highest rate ever documented in U.S.

Friday, February 9, 2007
By LINDY WASHBURN
STAFF WRITER http://www.northjersey.com

One in every 94 children in New Jersey has autism -- the highest rate
ever documented in the United States. For boys, the rate is one in every 60.

New Jersey's rate, based on 2002 data, should "be understood as a public
health crisis," said the principal researcher for the study in New
Jersey, Walter Zahorodny, of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey. His work was part of a multistate study by the federal
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"The burden of autism is much more than people estimate," he said.

Zahorodny traveled to Washington, D.C., on Thursday to brief members of
Congress on his part of the report, which provided the first broad look
at the prevalence of autism here and in other states.

Overall, the rate in 13 other states studied was one in 150 children.
While that is higher than the previous estimate of one in 166, it is
unclear whether autism is increasing or the studies have simply improved.

HOW MANY?
One of every 94 children in New Jersey has autism.
Boys: 1 in 60
Girls: 1 in 250
National rate: 1 in 150
 
and-a-bump-bump
 
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