Famous People With Asperger's Syndrome

Did you know that there are really many... well known celebrities, successful people... who have Asperger syndrome or were rumored to have Asperger's?It is useful to take a look at some of these people to us show that Asperger syndrome is not to get in your way to be successful. In fact, it is sometimes very traits in Asperger's that make you successful.1. GatesBill of Bill Gates, one of the richest people in the world today, is the founder of Microsoft. Gates shows several traits of Asperger's, although it has never been officially diagnosed.Gates was always more interested in machines that people as a kid and had an accent unique spirit on the effigy on how working computer. The first computers were just developed when Gates grew, and he spent hours at the computer of his school, trying to find a way to create software for it and learn how it worked.His tenacity would serve him well later the as it has developed software that would become the basis of Microsoft. The videos show Gates switches on television and highlight his incredible memory as a child. Gates has little time for the social niceties and always preferred to get the point of things.2. Dan AykroydThe famous actor and screenwriter Dan Aykroyd also admitted having the two Asperger's and Tourette, diagnosed when he was 12. In an interview with NPR with Terry Gross in 2004, Aykroyd has stated that he still a "touch" of Asperger's, although he had largely grown out physical tics accompanying Tourette.Dan was one of the founders of "saturday night Live" and set in the films notable as "the Blues brothers" and "ghostbusters." 3 Tim PageTim Page is a well-known music critic and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his work in critical writing of music for the Washington Post. His memoir, "Parallel Play" talks about his life growing up with the feeling that something was not quite correct, that it was only in a manner he could not describe. It was not diagnosed with Asperger's until age 45 Page said that "it would be easier for me to improvise an epic poem before a capacity crowd at Madison Square Garden to approach attractive stranger across the room and strike a conversation." ("Parallel Play," Tim Page). As a child, Page was obsessed with the detail of things, music and movies and mostly unconscious of the social world around him.4. Temple Grandin GrandinTemple made many major innovations in treatment of the animal cruelty and more humane ways to livestock for slaughter. It is also an author famous and has done a lot for the awareness of Asperger's and autism.People like Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Thomas Jefferson, and Steven Spielberg have also been suspected, but were not confirmed, to have Asperger's. presenting an Asperger syndrome does not limit your ability to do everything you want in your life. As we can see in these examples, some of the traits of Asperger - focus, determination and perseverance - can be a blessing in disguise in the achievement of your goals as Asperger's many famous people have found.