Savant syndrome is seen in about one in 10 people with autism and in approximately one in 2,000 people with brain damage or mental retardation. Of the known savants, at least half are autistic and the remainder have some other kind of developmental disorder. Much remains mysterious about ...
Other unusual parallels between prodigies and those with autism: they're both more likely to be male (though that finding may be due in part to the failure to recognize either girls on the autism spectrum or, perhaps, girls' hidden talents) and both are associated with difficult pregnancies, ...
@Mutsy - I think you are right. I was reading about a young girl that was a savant with autism. She was born blind and was three months premature, but she has extraordinary musical talent. She was featured on several television programs because when she was ten she began studying music ...
He was not a savant, like Kim, but instead suffered from autism. For a quarter of a century, however, Kim Peek has been regarded as the film's inspiration -- and speaking at length for the first time since his son died in his arms last Saturday, Fran Peek maintained it would neve...
Focuses on savant syndrome, a condition in which people with various developmental disabilities, including autism, possess astonishing talent and genius that stand in juxtaposition to their overall mental handicap. Artistic and memory abilities of Leslie Lemke, Kim Peek, and Richard Wawro; Evidence for...