The first step in helping any child who shows special savant skills is to have a complete evaluation to determine…
Browsing: Frequently Asked Questions Associated with Savant Syndrome
Not very often. Quite to the contrary, continued practice and use of the special skills generally leads to greater ability,…
Miller (1999), in a review of studies providing more detailed IQ information, reported that the mean overall IQ/IQ estimate for…
A researcher answers this question with respect to Daniel, a savant; “His real talent, however, is numbers. Numbers, according to…
Savant syndrome is a rare, but extraordinary, condition in which persons with serious mental disabilities, including autistic disorder, have some…
Savants have behaviors such as obsessive preoccupation with, and memorization of, music and sports trivia, license plate numbers, maps, historical…
Advanced memory is the key "superpower" in savant abilities. Approximately half of the savants are autistic; the other half often…
Savant skills, while not universally present in Asperger's persons, are very common, and generally include prodigious memory. When they do…
Common savant domains include music, art, calendar calculating, lightning calculating, and mechanical/visual-spatial skills.
An autistic savant is not the same as a talented autistic person. Many autistics have ordinary talents, but savant syndrome…
In acquired savant syndrome astonishing new abilities, typically in music, art, or mathematics, appear unexpectedly in ordinary persons after a…
Savant syndrome is not a disease or disorder to get treated, and it is just a condition where the child…