| Famous People With Autism | | | | was not for Alexander Graham Bell. His invention |
| We tend to think of famous or successful people | | | | of both the microphone and the telephone paved |
| as having it easy in life, or they somehow got | | | | the way for the incredible communication and |
| lucky. We admire them for what they have or | | | | information superhighway that exists today. He |
| for what they have accomplished and sometimes | | | | even invented a way to send sound over a beam |
| wish we were just like them. The truth, however, | | | | of light, which led the way for today's fiber optic |
| is often very different from what we imagine. | | | | communications systems. Despite his creative |
| You might be surprised at the famous people | | | | genius Bell suffered from dyslexia. |
| who had to overcome a learning disability. More | | | | Another brilliant inventor, Thomas Edison, was |
| often than not, people are shaped by the | | | | kicked out of school at the age of 12 because he |
| obstacles they overcome - such as a learning | | | | was said to be too dumb. He was bad at |
| disability - more than by inherent talent, | | | | mathematics, had trouble with words and |
| intelligence, luck or money. | | | | speaking. Despite this he overcame his dyslexia |
| Perhaps no one in modern history matches up | | | | and went on to patent more than 1000 inventions |
| with the labels genius among genius's, great | | | | including the electric light bulb. |
| thinker and super intelligent more than Albert | | | | The list of famous actors, musicians and |
| Einstein. He revolutionized the way we see the | | | | actresses that suffered from attention deficit |
| universe more so than anyone else in the last | | | | disorder or a learning disability may shock you. |
| several hundred years. No scientist since Isaac | | | | Sylvester Stallone, Cher, Tom Cruise, Whoopi |
| Newton can match Einstein's genius and | | | | Goldberg, Robin Williams, Lindsay Wagner, Suzanne |
| accomplishments. But he suffered from not one | | | | Somers, Henry Winkler, John Lennon, Beethoven, |
| learning disability but a whole host of them. He | | | | Mozart, Dustin Hoffman, Danny Glover and Steve |
| was diagnosed with dyslexia, attention deficit | | | | McQueen all had a learning disability. And |
| disorder and autism. | | | | professional athletes are not immune when it |
| If you mention the name Winston Churchill to | | | | comes to a learning disability. Irvin "Magic" Johnson, |
| your parents or grandparents they may say that | | | | Carl Lewis, Bruce Jenner, Greg Louganis and Jason |
| he was one of the greatest political leaders of the | | | | Kidd all had to overcome a learning disability. |
| twentieth century or even that he saved the | | | | Sometimes talent and genius are more than just |
| world. He can take a great deal of credit for the | | | | inherited or evident from birth. Overcoming a |
| fact that we don't all speak German or Japanese | | | | learning disability has shaped the careers and |
| today. It is perhaps ironic that he was one of the | | | | accomplishments of some of the most famous |
| greatest political orators in modern history but he | | | | people in the world. So don't sell people with a |
| also suffered from the learning disability stuttering. | | | | learning disability short. They are just as intelligent, |
| Talk about overcompensating for a handicap. | | | | talented and sensitive as everyone else they |
| Famous People With Autism | | | | simply have trouble processing certain types of |
| The Internet would not exist as it is today if it | | | | information. |