In her view, some animals have a form of genius — much
as autistic savants can perform feats of memory and calculation far beyond the abilities of average people.
As an autistic savant, writer Daniel Tammet approaches numbers in a brilliantly oblique way.
Recounting his long struggle to emotionally connect with others, Tammet vividly describes his childhood and adolescence
as an autistic savant.
Not exact matches
Written in the meticulous voice of an
autistic boy and mathematical
savant, this moving debut novel traces its hero's travails
as he tracks down the killer of his neighbor's poodle.
Evidence for this view comes from
autistic children with
savant skills such
as Nadia.
Touch Fox Kiefer Sutherland (24) returns to TV
as a widower whose mute,
autistic son, Jake, is a mathematical
savant.
He is absolutely brilliant
as an
autistic doctor, with
Savant syndrome, who is fresh out of medical school.
The movie features Tom Cruise
as the smooth - talking Charlie Babbitt and Dustin Hoffman (add him to your Best Actor list)
as his brother,
autistic savant Raymond Babbitt, on a cross-country journey in a 1949 Buick.