Autism is a disorder characterized by impaired social communication and interaction and by repetitive and restricted behavior.  The   signs of autism start before the age of three. It affects processing of information in the brain by changing how the nerve cells and synapses organize and connect. It affects anybody, regardless of one’s status in life.

You can find   list of celebrities who have autism on the internet.  There are famous people who have been diagnosed with autistic symptom although the specific classification is unknown.  The lists of celebrities who have this condition include the   following:

1.  Darryl Hannah    –   American   actress who is best known for her roles in Splash, Kill Bill and Blade Runner.  As a child she was diagnosed as being ‘borderline autistic’.

2.  Katherine McCarron – an autistic child who was allegedly murdered at the age of three by mother Karen McCarron.

3. Christopher Knowles – an American poet

4.  Jason McElwain – HS basketball player

5.  Matthew Laborteaux – the actor on Little House on the Prairie

6. Robert Gagno – the actor from Vancouver,   diagnosed at age ten.

7.  Michael Moon – adopted son of author Elizabeth Moon was diagnosed with the condition at age six.

8. Jasmine O’Neill – author of Through the Eyes of Aliens was diagnosed as autistic at age seven.

9.  Sue Rubin – the subject of the Autism Is a World documentary has   no oral speech but communicates with facilitated communication, was diagnosed at age 8.

10. Birger Sellin – an author from Germany was known to have autism at age nine.