“Autism Sings” – Pictures and music from Rohan, an Autistic Savant with High-Functioning Autism. Rohan, Irish underground punk/psychedelic/folk Artist & savant playing “Times Like These” a song for all the cool Aspies like himself. NOTE: Lyrics at the bottom. The word Aspie is from the form of autism called Asperger’s Sydrome , Aspies see themselves as having a different way of seeing the world , like any minority they also differ to each other in their approach to dealing with the world , you might say there are “House Aspies “, those who mimic and placate their neurotypical “normal” masters hoping for some crumbs from the table & “Field Aspies”, those who celebrate their Aspiness and are captains of their own souls . Either way this world would be a very strange and boring place without Autistic people, for starters you would have no computers and only marching music to “dance” to. See Below for a small example of some famous Aspies Famous Autistic People Although autism was first given its name in the 1940s, it seems to have been present in the population throughout history. Many people who are said to have displayed the symptoms of autism lived and died before the means were available to definitively diagnose them as having an autism spectrum disorder. Still others who became prominent after autism was officially recognized were never tested. Consequently, while descriptions given of the behavior and traits of these individuals may lead to the conclusion that autism …