Idiot Savant
Performance
(2-24-15)
"Savant Syndrome", also know as "splinter skills", refers to exceptional abilities in an individual with behavior deficits in many/most other areas
No well agreed upon operational definition, therefore: prevalence figures are therefore suspect
Characteristic, but not necessarily common, associated feature of autism
Talented individuals (with autism) tend to show concrete thinking and limited ability to think abstractly. Talents are usually in the areas of music, art, mathematics, or construction. There is usually no indication of creativity in the efforts--most performances reproduce a production the individual uses as a model.
However, there are rare instances of genuinely creative and gifted behavior in individuals with Autism or autistic like syndromes.
Temple Grandin
Dr. Grandlin is a professor, author, inventor; and has been seen as an individual with an autistic spectrum disorder across her life
Raqjarski Mukhopadhyay, known as Tito
"The Mind Tree" are other poems attributed to Tito show great creativity, but there are questions
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