We welcome and accept Susan Boyle

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She sings very nicely.

Notwithstanding, all are welcome here.

I don't know that much about Susan Boyle or have heard much of her music, but I did know something about her past struggles, and yeah, she does seem like a sweet, nice person.

I like Susan's music.

And think she's both a celebrity and a regular person.

ITT: Post-mortem diagnoses without any solid basis. Sorry, I just don't buy the whole "Albert Einstein and other geniuses must have had autism." I can see why there behaviour in life might have lead to some speculation. But that still isn't an official diagnosis. Some of you look as though you believe these people were definitively confirmed to have had autism.

Anyway, I consider Susan Boyle's diagnosis to be good news. I'm sure it will help Susan within life and improve the reputation of Asperger's syndrome within the media. It will probably further convey the message that autistic people have the propensity to lead rich, successful lives.

Everyone here is anonymous and she's had the diagnosis for a year, so it's entirely possible that she's already posted here...

But I'm glad she's made her diagnosis known to the public. Many like and empathise with her, so hopefully this will have a positive impact on people's views of AS.

Welcome to our family, Susan!

Not just that they had patchy social skills, good in some areas, not so good in others, and not just that he or she had intense intellectual/artistic interests,

But if we get into the realm where the person had sensory issues and he or she stimmed, then I'm a little more confident that the person was on the Asperger's-Autism Spectrum.

For example, the following is a post I made that the economist Adam Smith, yes, that Adam Smith, the author of The Wealth of Nations, engaged in light to medium stimming in public. Plus, it looks like Scotland was a more forgiving place to what's termed 'eccentricities' than are most places today.
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt152005.html

someone who is rich and famous, believe me I'd take the money. Plus, I'd like my thoughts, opinions, etc, etc, to have more attention.

And if the famous persons says, well, it's not all it's cracked up to be, I can see how the rest of us might not give them the open listening they'd like.

I remember reading a story that this one rich play director always had people asking him for money and seemingly for very worthy causes and he had trouble saying no. So, he set up a system with his accountant. For a check to go through, it needed two signatures, his and his accountant. So, he would often give a check and tell people, you're going to also need my accountant's signature and good luck getting it!

I think famous people need a team they can count on and that takes a while to build. Heck, all of us could probably benefit from that. In the future, I'd really like to see self-run Spectrum resource centers, for example with vetted volunteers who can help me do my taxes, and call my insurance company for me, etc, etc, etc, and not merely lecture me that I ought to do it myself. That is, some of the same help I might receive if I was a rich rock star myself!