Top 10 Famous People with Autism

Top 10 Famous People with Autism

Since the first diagnosis of autism in 1943 the number of children in the United States thought to have autism was 1 in 10,000. Now the number of children thought to have autism is 1 in 150 with autism considered more common than pediatric cancer, diabetes and AIDS combined. In the last decade we've all learned a great deal about autism and what it means to be autistic. Certain autistic celebrities, artists, authors, scientists and musically-gifted prodigies have met our attention in our communities in recent years. Some of these people with autism are known as advocates, some have been mentioned in the media and some whose stories are on the bookshelves, of those, here are the top 10 famous people with Autism.

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10. John Elder Robinson author and autistic
9. Thomas McKean, advocate & autism community leader
8. Jason McElwain, autistic high-school basketball wonder
7. Dawn Prince-Hughes and silverback gorillas
6. Donna Williams, bestselling author and autistic
5. Tim Page, writer and editor
4. Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokémon
3. U.S. autistic jazz prodigy Matt Savage
2. Temple Grandin, animal and autistic advocate
1. Daniel Tammet

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