Famous people with autism

Want to know about famous autistic people around the world?

The list of famous autistic people comprise of individuals from different walks of life.

• Daryl Hannah, who was a famous film actress, was diagnosed in child hood having ‘borderline’ autism.
• Christopher Knowles, he was an American poet also falls under famous autistic people.
• Actor Matthew McCarron, got place among famous autistic people, because he was murdered by his mother at the age of three.
• Michael Moon is adopted autistic child of author Elizabeth Moon.
• Among famous autistic people, there is a high school basket ball player named Jason McElwain.
• Sue Rubin can not speak but she had communication skills. She got place in the list of famous autistic people because her story was made into a documentary Autism is a word.
• An author from Germany named Biger Sellin also falls in the list of famous autistic people.
• Michelle Dawson, who made ethical challenges to applied behavior analysis of people with autism.
• Temple Grandin was famous designer of food animal handling systems.
• Hikari Oe, he was famous Japanese music composer.
• Bhumi Jensen, he was a prince in Thailand and was killed by Tsunami in 2004.
• Dylan Scott Pierce, was wild life activist.
• Donna Williams, famous Australian author who wrote books like Nobody Nowhere and Somebody somewhere.
• Stephen Wiltshire, British architectural artist was a autistic person.
• Axel Brauns, his autobiography was one among best seller autobiographies.

All the famous autistic people above mark a distinction among the rest because irrespective of whatever drawback they had they made valuable contribution to the world.

Early symptoms of autism

Do you know in most cases autism isn’t diagnosed until the child is about age three? Although some scientists and experts believe that the child may show some early symptoms of autism.

This is because autism is considered to have high genetic link. This disorder is considered as congenital as well by experts.

Some children diagnosed with autism in the later age had abnormal head circumference when compared with normal children of their age. This can be considered as early symptoms of autism. But this is not true in all kids.

When you doubt your kid is showing some early symptoms of autism, you should better seek the advice of a good pediatrician.

In expert’s opinion one should trust their instincts and get their kid evaluated as early as possible.

But there are certain early symptoms of autism helpful for the early diagnosis.

· Does the baby respond to her name when called by the parents or caregiver? Normal babies are give response to sounds and voices familiar to them. But babies with early symptoms of autism may not respond.

· A normal kid will point out things he sees and shows curiosity. They shift their looks from one point to others. This is totally absent in autistic children.

· They don’t try to imitate others. Autistic children show this early symptom of autism in their behavior.

· Thy never engaged in pretend play or show any interest in parents or any one looking after them unlike other kids. This also is an early symptom of autism.