List of people on the autistic spectrum

This is a list of noteworthy people known to have a condition on the autism spectrum.

Asperger syndrome

* Nikki Bacharach, deceased, daughter of composer Burt Bacharach and actress Angie Dickinson. [cite web|title=Bacharach daughter kills herself|publisher=BBC.co.uk|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6237095.stm|date=6 January 2007|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Richard Borcherds, Fields Medalist. [cite web|author=Lane, Megan|title=What Asperger's syndrome has done for us|publisher=BBC.co.uk|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3766697.stm|date=2 June, 2004|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Phillipa "Pip" Brown (aka Ladyhawke), pop musician. [cite web|author=Lester, Paul|title=Asperger's, allergies and aubergines|publisher=guardian.co.uk|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/11/popandrock|date=2008-09-11|accessdate=2008-09-17]
* William Cottrell, student sentenced for fire-bombing SUV dealerships. [cite web|title=William Cottrell convicted in SUV arsons|publisher=Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise|url=http://ftp.cdfe.org/cottrell_convicted.htm|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Peter Howson, Scottish painter. [cite web|author=Deveney, Catherine|title=Autistic temperament|url=http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/spectrum.cfm?id=372152007|publisher=Scotsman.com|date=11 March 2007|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Elisabeth Hughes, author. [cite web|url=http://www.autorenpower.de/authors_e.html|title=Asperger Syndrome - Curse or Chance|publisher=Autorenpower|month=November | year=2007|accessdate=2008-06-08 ]
* Luke Jackson, author. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/columnists/luke/240903_index.shtml|title=Ouch! Columnists, back to school|publisher=bbc.co.uk|date=10 November 2007|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Heather Kuzmich, fashion model and reality show contestant on America's Next Top Model.cite news | first=Tara | last=Parker-Pope | title=Asperger's Syndrome Gets a Very Public Face | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/health/04well.html | work=The New York Times | publisher=The New York Times Company | date=2007-12-04 | accessdate=2007-12-04 ]
* Craig Nicholls, frontman of the Australian garage rock band, The Vines. [cite web|title=Stop making sense|publisher=Guardian.co.uk|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1723555,00.html|author=McLean, Craig|date=March 5, 2006|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Gary Numan, British singer and songwriter. [ cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/13/PKG5MK3F1R1.DTL&type=music|title=Numan finds his way|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|author=Poet, J|date=August 13, 2006|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Tim Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author. [Tim Page:
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* Dawn Prince-Hughes, PhD, primate anthropologist, ethologist, and author. [cite web|url=http://media.www.westernfrontonline.com/media/storage/paper1048/news/2005/11/22/News/Professors.Talk.Details.Autistic.Life-2136238.shtml|title=Professor's talk details autistic life|work=The Western Front|publisher=Western Washington University|date=2005-11-22|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* John Elder Robison, brother of author Augusten Burroughs and author of "Look Me in the Eye", a memoir detailing his experience with Asperger's.
* Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Laureate in economics. [cite web|title=Mild autism has 'selective advantages'|publisher=MSNBC|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7030731/|author=Herera, Sue|date=February 25, 2005|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Satoshi Tajiri, creator and designer of Pokémon "Pocket Monsters". [cite web|title=A Salute to Japanese Game Designers|publisher=Ampednews.com|url=http://igo.ampednews.com/features/182/2/|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Raymond Thompson, New Zealand scriptwriter and TV producer. [cite web|url=http://www.unlimited.co.nz/unlimited.nsf/default/4FE5693542C14681CC25717000069DCA|title=Calling New Zealand home|author=Fox, Andrea Fox|publisher=Unlimited|date=Issue 83, 1 June 2006|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Peter Tork, American musician (The Monkees) and actor. [cite web|title=Tork Time with Former Monkees Stalwart Peter|publisher=Derby Evening Telegraph|url=http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=124378&command=displayContent&sourceNode=197003&contentPK=20637390&folderPk=116250&pNodeId=197025|author=Zena Hawley|date=16 May 2008|accessdate=2008-05-17]
* Liane Holliday Willey, author. [cite web|url=http://www.lcmedia.com/mind496.htm|title=Asperger's syndrome: A special report|publisher=The Infinite Mind|date=September 12, 2007|accessdate=2007-11-08 ]

High-functioning autism

* Michelle Dawson, autism researcher and autism rights activist.cite news |last=Harmon |first=Amy |title=How About Not 'Curing' Us, Some Autistics Are Pleading |date=December 20, 2004 |publisher=New York Times | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/20/health/20autism.html |accessdate=2007-11-07]
* Temple Grandin, food animal handling systems designer and author. [cite web|url=http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/mcdonalds/grandin1.html|title=Kill Them With Kindness|publisher=American RadioWorks|month=April | year=2002|author=Zwerdling, Daniel|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Caiseal Mor author, musician, and artist. [Mor, Caiseal. "A Blessing and a Curse: Autism and Me", Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007. ]
* Hikari Ōe, Japanese composer. [Cameron, Lindsley. "The Music of Light: The Extraordinary Story of Hikari and Kenzaburo Oe", Simon & Schuster, 1998. ISBN 0-684-82409-4 ]
* Dylan Scott Pierce, wildlife illustrator. [cite web|title=Channel One Highlights Newsmakers for the Week of December 12, 2005|work=Business Wire|publisher=Findarticles.com|date=December 16, 2005|accessdate=2007-11-08|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_Dec_16/ai_n15949953]
* Jim Sinclair, autism rights activist. [cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0825/is_4_66/ai_68865437/pg_8|publisher=Findarticles.com|title=Working with Autism and Other Social-Communication Disorders|work=Journal of Rehabilitation|date=October–December, 2000|author=Olney,Marjorie F|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Donna Williams, Australian author. [cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/hstories/hr290796.htm|title=Autism - a special report|author=Gollan, Kathy|date=29 July 1996|publisher=ABC Radio National - Health Report Transcript|accessdate=2007-11-08]

Autism spectrum

* Amanda Baggs, advocate of rights for autistic people. [Amanda Baggs:
*Gajilan, A. Chris. [http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/02/21/autism.amanda/index.html "Living with autism in a world made for others".] CNN, February 22, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
*Gupta, Sanjay. [http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/blogs/paging.dr.gupta/2007/02/behind-veil-of-autism.html "Behind the veil of autism".] CNN, 20 February 2007. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
*Abedin, Shahreen. [http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/2007/02/video-reveals-world-of-autistic-woman.html "Video reveals world of autistic woman".] CNN, Anderson Cooper blog, 21 February 2007. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.]
* Lucy Blackman, university educated author. ["Lucy's Story", Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001 ISBN 1843100428 ]
* Alonzo Clemons, American clay sculptor. [Alonzo Clemons:
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* Tony DeBlois, blind American musician. [cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant_syndrome/savant_profiles/tony_deblois|title=Tony DeBlois - A Prodigious Musical Savant|publisher=Wisconsin Medical Society|author=Treffert, Darold|accessdate=2007-11-07]
* Jonathan Jayne, contestant on American Idol. [cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/26/arts/television/26real.html?pagewanted=print|author=Stanley, Alessandra|title=Reality Check for a Generation That Knows Best |work=The New York Times|date = 2007-01-26|accessdate=2008-07-12]
* Christopher Knowles, American poet. [cite web|url= http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_1_93/ai_n8591028|title=Christopher Knowles at Gavin Brown|publisher=Findarticles.com|work=Art in America|month=January | year=2005|author=Leffingwell, Edward|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Leslie Lemke, blind American musician.cite web|url=http://www.gordonresearch.com/articles_autism/SciAm-Islands_of_Genius.pdf|format=PDF|title=Islands of Genius|publisher=Scientific American, Inc|author=Treffert, Darold A. and Gregory L. Wallace|year=2003|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Jonathan Lerman, American artist. [Jonathan Lerman:
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* Katherine McCarron, autistic child murdered by her mother, Karen McCarron. [Katherine McCarron:
*cite web|url=http://www.hoinews.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=8878|title=Police: Mother confesses to suffocating daughter: Autism has impact on families|publisher=HOI 19|author=Brogadir, Josh|date=May 17, 2006|accessdate=2007-11-08
*cite web|url=http://www.inclusiondaily.com/archives/07/01/09/010907ilmccarron.htm|title=Board Suspends Dr. McCarron's License Indefinitely|author=Reynolds, Dave|publisher=Inclusion Daily Express|date=January 9, 2007|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Jason McElwain, high school basketball player. [cite web|title=Autistic Teen's Hoop Dreams Come True|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/23/earlyshow/main1339324.shtml|publisher=CBS News|date=February 23, 2006|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Thristan Mendoza, Filipino marimba prodigy. [cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant_syndrome/savant_profiles/thristan_mendoza|title=Thristan "Tum-Tum" Mendoza - A Child Prodigy Marimbist With Autism from the Philippines|publisher=Wisconsin Medical Society|author=Treffert, Darold|accessdate=2007-11-07]
* Tito Mukhopadhyay, author, poet, and philosopher. [Tito Mukhopadhyay:
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* Abubakar Tariq Nadama, autistic boy who died after chelation therapy. [cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1751753,00.html|publisher=The Times|date=August 26, 2005|title=Autistic boy, 5, dies after US therapy|author=Smith, Lewis|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Derek Paravicini, blind British musician. [cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant_syndrome/savant_profiles/derek_paravicini|title=Derek Paravicini - A Talent and Love for Music|publisher=Wisconsin Medical Society|author=Treffert, Darold|accessdate=2007-11-07]
*Kim Peek, basis for "Rain Man", [cite web|url=http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/nasa_peek_041108.html|title=NASA Studying 'Rain Man's' Brain|publisher=Space.com|date=November 8, 2004|accessdate=2007-09-14] although diagnosis has changed. [cite web|url=http://w3.mesd.k12.or.us/pa/Interaction11-6-06.pdf|format=PDF|title=Kim Peek and Fran Peek: 'I am important to know you'|author=Wulff, Jane|publisher=Multnomah Education Service District|month=November | year=2006|accessdate=2007-09-18]
* James Henry Pullen, gifted British carpenter. [James Henry Pullen:
*Ward, O. Conor. "The Childhood and the Life of James Henry Pullen, the Victorian Idiot Savant (1832–1916)", Abstract of article cited at [http://adc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/88/suppl_1/A59 adc.bmjjournals.com] Retrieved on 14 June 2006.
*cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant_syndrome/savant_profiles/james_pullen|title=James Henry Pullen - Genius of Earlswood Asylum|publisher=Wisconsin Medical Society|author=Treffert, Darold|accessdate=2007-11-07]
* Matt Savage, U.S. autistic jazz prodigy. [Matt Savage:
* "The Prodigy", "People" magazine June 17, 2002.
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* Birger Sellin, German author. [cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0825/is_4_66/ai_68865437/pg_6|publisher=Findarticles.com|title=Working with Autism and Other Social-Communication Disorders|work=Journal of Rehabilitation|date=October–December, 2000|author=Olney,Marjorie F|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Henriett Seth-F., Hungarian autistic savant, poet, writer and artist. [cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant_syndrome/savant_profiles/henriett_seth|title=Henriett Seth F. - Rain Girl|publisher=Wisconsin Medical Society|author=Treffert, Darold|accessdate=2007-11-07]
* Daniel Tammet, British autistic savant. [cite web|author=Johnson, Richard|date=February 12, 2005|title=A genius explains|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1409903,00.html|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=2007-11-08]
* Richard Wawro, Scottish artist.
* Stephen Wiltshire, British architectural artist. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1211299.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=10 March 2001|title=Unlocking the brain's potential|accessdate=2007-11-08]

ee also

* List of fictional characters on the autistic spectrum
* People speculated to have been autistic

Notes