in this video I'm discussing 7 famous people with autism coming up hey
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this video guys I'm discussing some famous people that people probably don't
even know how an autism spectrum condition and so I'm super pumped to get
this done so let's stop hey guys before I do anything in a video I just like to
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first question here is from Daniel Cyr and just got five and they said good
steering toys the best image wise is a fidgety spinner and a click so my clicks
is one of my favorite fidget toys I'll try and leave a link for the description
below if I can remember but if not just check it out clicks is the name of this
toy it's amazing ok so the next comment here is from
sensory box cult and they said how are you enjoying your sensory toy box I am
loving my sensory toy box and I loved it so much so there's I did a video review
of the sensory toy box so I'll try and leave it in a card above here so you
guys can see it and you can buy your own one as well ok the next question here is
from mrs. crystal and scorp Pope and they said autism in babies my
ten-year-old is diagnosed what early signs to look for in 9 month or in my
name is old I guess early signs are like flapping hounds not like responding to
names continuing to do floppy hounds when there's no reason for it it's like
looking for stimming basically and slowing development is another one as
well so a lot of people who are autistic when they younger they're slowly
developing then you know typical newer typical kids ok guys oh I'm so pumped I
like did a video ages ago about like people who have like autism and who were
famous and it was really good the video I had fun but I feel like I
wanted to do like more that I didn't cover then and there's been like way
more I've read about and found out about that you know I didn't even know it
existed but I have autism it was super super crazy so here goes nothing here
are seven celebrities or famous people who have autism it probably didn't even
know so the first one I'm super excited about was a guy called Satoshi Tajiri
and he is the guy who created Pokemon now he's been diagnosed with Asperger
syndrome which was what my diagnosis was and now it's changed to autism spectrum
disorder not Asperger's syndrome but it's the same thing his colleagues have
described him has been reclusive and eccentric but the unreal brain is the
mastermind behind one of the highest grossing franchises of all time as we
know is Pokemon this is really interesting because Pokemon was like one
of my like favorite things ever a friend of mine Anna Moomin who's also got a
channel called Anna moon and she is an autistic female and a youtuber but she
also was obsessed on his obsessive Pokemon and I love the Pokemon right and
most of my friends who are on the spectrum love Pokemon and it's really
funny that the guy who created it is on the spectrum so it's like well it makes
sense that we'd all love Pokemon I mean like that's super cool okay guys number
two this was a relatively new one but super impacting right now this is Greta
Sundberg now Greta is a an activist a climate activists from Europe she is
like killing it right now blogs of activism she just like sailed across
like some ocean somewhere like prove a point that she could do it and she said
that she was using ostriches as her superpower which is awesome because I
what we talked about on this channel with my superhero fan base and like all
that stuff is super super dope she's also leading the world climate
change efforts to kind of save the planet this woman is just and real she's
super young as well and she's like maybe like 1819 really influential she's taken
it like a boss you get loads of criticism and I think she's a very
inspirational person definitely check her out and if you'd like to see a video
just on Greta then but make sure to give this video a thumbs up so I can know if
you want me to do a video just on her I'll be super super awesome
okay number three is an interesting one because this came
out about a year ago a guy called Chris Packham who is a very famous TV
presenter of personality over here in United Kingdom and Chris is really it's
like wildlife I think like that think that's his thing he liked wildlife
documentaries in like nature and things like that and so he does all that kind
of stuff but anyway he came out as saying he had an autism spectrum
diagnosis and it was really cool because like the the country just greeted him
with open arms it was this fascinating experience and he does a lot of work
with the National Autistic Society who I also do some work with which is where
this plaque behind me here is from and there yeah I think Chris is a really
cool guys doing a lot of cool stuff for the community and it's nice to see
people in like you know big high up kind of like professional jobs like that on
the spectrum and you kind of helps you feel like you can achieve those goals
right I think that's awesome we all need role models
number four is Susan Boyle good old subo so Susan Boyle if you don't know is a
competition winner from something called x-factor which was a British television
show created by a psycho media and it was aired on ITV which is like a channel
over here in United Kingdom for years and years you know people just thought
Super Bowl was super odd and she was like a bit different from you know your
average person and yeah I've all kind of judged her for what she did and the her
actions of stuff like that but then it turns out that she said she had
Asperger's syndrome and everyone was kind of like oh it's a kind of make
sense why she's so kind of like uniquely quirky and all that kind of cool stuff
and yeah she's just very inspirational because like she's a very very
successful singer she was like very focused on singing she's got a fantastic
voice and she works really really hard so again for young ladies you know who
are wanting to get into like creative aspects who are on the spectrum just
like a Susan Bob man this woman did it you know she's living the dream and she
has that kind of like you know Slumdog Millionaire like story to it I think
it's amazing and she's very influential so thank you super well for being super
awesome okay guys number five very interesting and this one is Sir Anthony
Hopkins no Anthony Hopkins is an American actor and he was diagnosed with
Asperger's syndrome because his wife said something like she was trying to
figure out who she was married to and he credits Asperger syndrome we're making
him extremely relentless and trying to get his stuff done in his work and
he says he's only usually half working he says this is down to his autism
spectrum condition but he kind of empowers it man in this case huge it's
like a Hollywood movie stuff I mean just think about it if you're on the spectrum
you want to get into acting there's nothing stopping you're holding you back
certainly in Hopkins done it very very well and this guys are some of the
biggest movies you'll ever see but he's a fantastic actor and this leads me to
believe again that like people on the spectrum have this ability to just excel
at the things that they really like or the hyper focus on oh they love you know
we all have achievements and this is something that I really want to get
across that we all have the ability to do amazing things and these are just
examples I mean we're up to five right now and these are just amazing examples
of amazing people who have a not satisfaction condition that is not
letting it like stop them doing anything that they want to do that's amazing so
yeah definitely taken over that okay so the next person on my list I actually
really enjoyed their music and this woman is called Courtney Love now call
me love is an American singer and musician
she was actually famously known for marrying Cobain of the late Cobain from
the band Nirvana who were very very big in the 90s
unfortunately cocoa beans deceased and then Courtney Love continued and play
music after their kind of you know upset so Satya that she was diagnosed at the
age of nine and she struggled when she was like a really young girl we think
she's had quite a traumatic life but also having an autism spectrum diagnosis
of nine was super interesting she has a musical talent obviously she plays
guitar and she like rocks out she's very very creative and I think she says up
but she puts that down to being autistic like she has this really like really
full mind of like creative things I love that I just love this whole creative
aspect it makes me just feel super warm and super welcomed in this high
community and like you know you feel a part of it because I get passionate
about stuff and I'm thinking i'ma gonna so weird but then I see other autistic
people who get passionate about things I'm just like yeah dude that's dope I
love it so yeah Courtney Love amazingly
inspirational and I just I know music's awesome hub and hole just so awesome I
really like them okay guys number seven and now this is
the last one on my list and this one came about because I was I
did a video last time about famous people not people they like commented
saying oh this person has an autism spectrum condition bla bla and so I want
to check it out now this guy is a musician called Gary Numan now Gary
Neumann was a musician a very famous musician from the 70s he's British
and he's always been quite odd and quirky he's like a glam rock star I
guess I like alternative like Industrial glam rock I don't know I don't know what
to have a music you call his music right but Gary Numan is a super awesome guy
he's got a very unique style he's got he's very talented he's very creative
and he just has this like glow about him that's like just super awesome now I
love that about Gary Numan and I love that he really empowers autism in most
interviews he'll who want to mention his autistic traits and he'll like say how
you know how much he enjoys being autistic and and how he's used that like
fuel his creativity this guy's super inspirational I
definitely recommend checking out some speeches or any articles he's written on
being autistic because it's nice to see you know other people coming out and
saying oh I have an Austin special condition but I do this and that because
it helps younger people have role models and get inspired I love it I just love
all this stuff guys that was my list of seven famous people if you have any to
add to this pop it in a comment down below because I read and respond to
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