I seem to remember reading recently about the daughter of Lord Sainsbury
having written (as in, writing a book) about her experiences of growing up
and living with Aspergers Syndrome. Sorry, that I can't remember any more
details.
Regards
Chris Hopkins
At 14:58 11/07/01 +0100, you wrote:
>As awareness of Aspergers has only relatively come the the
>attention of your middle classes and GPs many people will
>have grown up, worked and had families in complete
>ignorance of their condition. An assessment to determine
>whether someone could have Aspergers is also less likely to
>have occured in someone who is successful in their chosen
>career - why would they bother. Many consider George Dubya
>Bush to be dyslexic, but we and he are unlikely ever to
>know for sure. It is probable that many of the worlds top
>scientists, mathematicians, philosophers have been
>Aspergers - the stereotypical absent minded professor comes
>to mind. Bill Gates name of Microsoft fame is sometimes
>banded around as having Aspergers, based on observations of
>his public persona and behaviour no doubt. But who knows.
>And after reading Nick Hornby's autobiographical account of
>his (over the top) obsession with Arsenal football club, I
>thought Aspergers then, a suspicion reinforced by the fact
>that subsequently had an autistic child. But I can't
>imagine many famous people admitting they have the
>condition, even if they were interested to find out. Like
>the suspicion over Bill's Aspergers, anyone famous pointed
>out as having the condition is likely to be based on how
>they are observed in public and scurrilous rumour, not from
>any objective criteria or them having "coming out"
>
>
>
>On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 13:42:23 +0100 Ian Francis
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> Does anyone have details of what consider to be positive role models for
people (adults) with
>> Aspergers e.g. autobiography, video, etc? I've been asked by a student
with Aspergers who'd
>> like to read about other the experience of others, especially 'success
stories'.
>> Thanks
>> Ian Francis
>
>Bryan Jones
>Equal Opportunities Adviser
>London Guildhall University
>
>Tel: 020 7320 1137
>
>
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