Famous Black People with/suspected to have Asperger's

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I swear I remember reading somewhere that George Washington Carver may have had AS, but I'm probably misremembering things.

There is insufficient evidence to conclude whether or not Micheal Jackson had AS, but it is most certainly not an unreasonable suggestion, and nothing I know about Micheal Jackson indicates that it is unlikey, much less excludes it.

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I suspect Ray Charles was on the Autstic spetrum, he's got a real feel for a music, which a lot of autistic people have a talent for. Also he seems to be steming when playing music.

Also watch him moving around all the the time, looks like he is stemming.

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Just because A black person is smart, doesnt mean they have asperger's syndrome. In that case William Shakespeare and all the rest of tose guys had it too

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Both of the two giants of late fourties Bebop Jazz were definite possible aspies: saxaphonist Charlie Parker, and pianist/composer Thelonius Monk.

Especially the latter.

I've heard that Duke Ellington may have had it but it's hard for a black person to get a diagnosis because Asperger's is seen as an exclusively "white" thing, or so I'm told. Pretty sure autism is rampant through my family and no one is diagnosed except my niece. I'm guessing that most of the people looking for famous people with Aspergers are white people with Aspergers looking for other whites with Aspergers that are or used to be famous. And nooooo, not everyone that is autistic is a genius... maybe the potential, I'm not sure though.

I was just thinking about steve urkel.

In all of those countless threads about fictious TV characters with aspergers he gets left out! He is definetly more aspie than House, and is atleast as aspie as Bones, and as aspie as any of the guys on the Big Bang Theory.

About real people.

The biggest musical geniuses of post war be bop were all african american.

Though most were clearly not aspie ( Dizzie, Miles).

But two were quite eccentric in ways that to me seem very aspergian: Charlie Parker, and especially Thelonius Monk.

Thelonius Monk almost certainly was an aspie IMHO.

Here's a video for Stephen Wiltshire:

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Just today, I was looking up information about Asperger's Syndrome and African-American people for an article I am looking to for National Autism/Aspergers Month for Afropunk. I came across an article about a record producer who was diagnosed with Asperger's later on in life. I don't know how you feel about people who were only famous behind the scenes, but this is the closest I can find,. Take a gander.

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-4094