Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) refer to the different kinds of developmental disabilities that can make people miserable or desperate because of the several challenges that it can bring to the communication, behavioral and social aspects of their lives. Those people who have this kind of mental illness have a different way of handling information in their own minds compared to an ordinary person. This kind of mental disorder can affect each individual in several ways. It has different levels of severity which starts from mild to severe effects. Autism spectrum disorders have similar symptoms. Most of the time, it causes a lot of problems in the social life of a person. The following are examples of famous people with autism spectrum disorders:
1. Amanda Baggs
Amanda Baggs is one of the famous individuals in the whole world who suffer from autism spectrum disorders. According to some physicians, her condition is highly related to a low-functioning autism. The mental illness caused a major disability on her as an autism rights activist. She can never communicate with other people if a keyboard that has a special device that synthesizes words is not on her side. The mental illness made her dependent to non-verbal communication in sharing all her aspirations and plans for those people who suffer from autism just like her.
2. Lucy Blackman
Lucy Blackman is an American author who belongs to the group of famous individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Blackman was known as the first functionally non-verbal individual with autism in area of Australia. Although many people discriminates her as an autistic person, she never stopped aiming for the best. Instead of being sad and lonely, Lucy Blackman decided to write several books that explain autism. She exhibited great determination in promoting autistic individuals as skillful persons who can make several accomplishments while fighting the effects of their mental illness.
3. Marty Balin
Marty Balin is a famous American musician who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. The effect of the mental illness in his behavior is only mild. And it seems like he is normal and free from any symptoms of this mental illness. Although he was an autistic person, he has successfully made a lot of contributions in the music industry of America by acting as the founder of a very popular psychedelic rock band called Jefferson Airplane which was converted into Jefferson Starship in the later years of his career as a singer.
4. Evgeny Kissin
Evgeny Kissin is a classical pianist from Russia who plays a lot of amazing piano music pieces. It is very hard to believe that this gifted person is a victim of autism spectrum disorders. But based on his own behavior and the way he socialize with other people, it can be easily detected that Evgeny Kissin has a borderline-autism and asperger’s syndrome. However, these examples of autism spectrum disorders that can be found in him didn’t affect his fame as a pianist. And in fact, he completed more accomplishments and awards than those musicians who have normal mental conditions. It only means that autism for him is not a hindrance for his ambitions and he can live normally even if he has this kind of mental illness.
