9. Susan Boyle
Susan Boyle, the singing sensation from Britain's Got Talent, has been open about her Asperger's Syndrome diagnosis over the years, which the NHS says is a term "used by some people to describe autistic people with average or above average intelligence." Susan, 62 years old, was diagnosed not before her fifties.
She had been declared brain-damaged as a child.
"I was given a wrong diagnosis when I was a kid. Now it is a label," she said in an interview in 2013, just after announcing she was on the spectrum.
She added:
"Now I have a clearer view of what is wrong and am relieved and a little calmer about myself..."
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Speaking about what prompted the need to get a diagnosis, she said:
"I consulted for a diagnosis from an expert. No one instructed me to. I felt as though I had a terrible disease and could not act intelligently."
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