Investigating Autistic Savants

When I hear the word autism. I automatically think about people with disabilities. Most people with autism have difficulty communicating with people. It could be due to their inability to speak or their shyness. In rare cases some autistic children are discovered with superhuman skills. They range from being able to play an instrument completely from memory, drawing an entire city from memory, reading two pages at once in less than 3 seconds and do massive calculations in head. Scientists believe that they gain something for loosing other abilities. Scientists are trying to analyze the autistic savants to see how they are able to perform such superhuman abilities. It is hypothesized that by chance someone can become a savant by being hit on the head with an object. There are several cases of such examples which led to another hypothesis that everybody holds the capability hidden within themselves to become a savant.


Works Cited:
1. http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/10-most-fascinating-savants-in-the-world/
2. Gerald Newport. (2006). How do they do it? insight on calendar skills from an asperger's savant. Journal of Autism and Developmental disorders, 36(No. 2),

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