Re: Ladyhawke: 'You have no idea what I have been through'

[Guest guest]

Thank you for posting this story ! FINALLY! ... a story about an

AS that we can be proud to call one of our own <smile!> Interesting

to read that Daryl Hannah probably has AS too.

- Helen

[Guest guest]

I appreciate your sharing this, ...

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> Ladyhawke: 'You have no idea what I have been through'

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> She hated physical contact, shunned company and once locked herself

in her house for three months. Then, two years ago, Pip Brown was

diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. So how is she coping with life as

Ladyhawke, the next big thing in pop?

> By Luiza Sauma

> Sunday, 16 November 2008

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> JO METSON SCOTT

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> Brown says she " really regrets " talking about her Asperger's

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> When New Zealand-born singer-songwriter Ladyhawke was beamed down

into the music scene earlier this year, it was difficult not to be a

little cynical. There was something too perfect, too Shoreditch-cool

about her Stevie Nicks hair, her angelic face, those detached blue

eyes and the 1980s revivalism of her music. Before long, Kylie

Minogue's people were calling Ladyhawke's people to tell them that

Kylie loved her – as does Canadian electro superstar Peaches and

grunge crackpot Love. Her self-titled debut album of big,

blustery pop songs was released to widespread acclaim in September –

but who was the elusive young woman behind it?

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> Ambling into her PR's east-London office, Pip Brown – as she is

known to her parents – cuts a striking figure. Tall and resplendent

in stripey trousers and Dr Martens boots, her kohl-lined eyes framed

by that voluminous blonde mane, she's quite the gangly, glamorous

tomboy as she shakes my hand shyly and coos at the office kittens.

The singer admits to being a little wary around journalists, and with

good reason: recently, she revealed to a British newspaper that she

has Asperger's syndrome (a form of autism) which suddenly shifted

media interest from her music to her autism. Among other traits, the

syndrome manifests itself typically in social communication

difficulties and, according to the National Autistic

Society, " limitations in imagination " . Hardly the stuff of

showbusiness legend, and entertainers with Asperger's are few and far

between: the actress Daryl Hannah (diagnosed borderline autistic in

childhood) is one; Craig Nicholls, frontman of Australian rock group

The Vines, is another. Still, everyone loves an against-all-odds

story, and here was Brown's.

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> http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-

entertainment/music/features/ladyhawke-you-have-no-idea-what-i-have-

been-through-1017492.html

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