Susan Boyle: 'I Have Asperger's'

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In the midst of her skyrocketing career, Boyle found out something one year ago that changed her life: she has Asperger's:
http://www.businessinsider.com/susan-bo ... rs-2013-12

I think this is really big.

People like Susan and they might start to "get it." Hey, people who are aspie might have all kinds of different talents and might have patchy skills in other areas. And that's okay. We all have patchy skills in one way or another.

PS We've already had a couple of threads about Susan, but I think it's fine to have a couple of different threads.

It kind of irritates me, at how they throw out this diagnosis so easily these days.

That, and now people will think "Don't starve your child of Oxygen at birth, they might develop Aspergers!"

Same with the whole MMR debate. Drives me bonkers.

It is great that there is a public face of Aspergers that is not geek, male or dead. She is probably the most well known and well liked public figure to come out.

For me a a fellow fifty-something person that has been recently diagnosed, to read about her missed diagnoses, the struggles of not knowing for decades, and the positive effects and emotions her diagnoses had for her is fabulous. These are experiences I and anecdotally most middle age aspies share. I never have seen these things acknowledged in mainstream publications before.

The bad part is a lot of the articles use ablelist language or just missed things. But in a couple of articles I used the comments section to attempt to eliminate misperceptions an opportunity I would not have had if she did not come out. .

I thought something seemed familiar about her.

New album coming out but she will not be touring for awhile due to diabetes, weight, and Asperger issues.

http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/national/article/Susan-Boyle-reveals-weight-loss-but-says-live-shows-must-wait-54b0979e-56f1-4b6f-9fdd-7c47e538932c-ds

I like her music. She seems to be a nice person and is also a cat lover.