Incorrect Pleasures

A referenced list of 140 famous or important people diagnosed with an autism spectrum condition or subject of published speculation about whether they are or were on the autistic spectrum

Some relevant keywords and phrases: famous autistics famous autists famous aspergians famous aspies Asperger syndrome HFA famous people eccentric genius eccentric geniuses

list last altered August 16th 2009

A concise but out-of-date version of this list can be found here:
http://incorrectpleasures.blogspot.com/2007/11/concise-referenced-list-of-104-famous.html

The inclusion of every name into this list is supported by at least one document cited in the references section. Most of the authors of the documents that form the basis of this list are Asperger syndrome experts, professional psychologists, professional psychiatrists, academics, biographers, journalists and/or published authors. There are also references to sources of audio and visual material that is relevant. At the risk of stating the obvious, most of the people in this list are or were intellectually gifted and/or blessed with a special talent. Giftedness and AS appear to be often co-occurring conditions which have many characteristics in common.

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