Famous People with ADHD/AS

History has and will probably look favourably on those in this list. Indeed society owes a great deal to many on this list, leaving us to wander what society would have been like without their personal contribution. This said, we must remember that the vast majority of people who have had ADHD,ASand other autistic spectrum conditions will never appear on this list. Like them, most of those who do appear on this list were not popular, were not considered extraordinary during their time, never had a penny to rub together, and have not been scientific geniuses, but wandered if the world would notice they had ever existed. Each name here represents hope, ambition, gifts and above all confirmation that despite their personal struggle through out life, those who have these conditions can and do make a real and fundamental difference to those they come into contact with. They have earned as much right as the rest of society to be accepted, and treated with respect and dignity, and be provided with the high quality of education experienced by their peers.

Sources:  ADHD Texas, ADHD Relief, Adult/Child ADHD, and many other websites.  Chelmsford ADHD Support Group is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

Disclaimer:  The following list contains people who are currently alive or who have since died.  ADHD as a name has only been used since 1999, and most of those still alive have specifically been diagnosed with the condition.  The remainder and those who died previously, have been professionally diagnosed using the diagnosis rules being applied to their biographies.  Some of the above listed websites provide links to websites which confirm their ADHD diagnosis or their biographies which fulfil the diagnosis rules.