Savant Syndrome: Realities, Myths and Misconceptions.
It was 126 years ago that Down first described savant syndrome as a specific condition and 70 years ago that Kanner first described Early Infantile Autism. While as many as one in ten autistic persons have savant abilities, such special skills occur in other CNS conditions as well such that approxim...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 564 - 572 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | review Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
Springer Nature
Mar2014
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104024524&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104024524 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01623257 AUT jtl: Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders issn: 01623257 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2014 vid: 44 iid: 3 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 104024524 94344410 10.1007/s10803-013-1906-8 NLM23918440 104024524 ppf: 564 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Savant Syndrome: Realities, Myths and Misconceptions. aug: au: Treffert, Darold affil: Agnesian HealthCare, 430 East Division Street Fond du Lac 54935 USA sug: subj: Intellectual Disability Symptoms Health Education Diagnosis, Differential Intellectual Disability Classification Intellectual Disability Etiology Diagnostic Errors Motion Pictures Performing Artists ab: It was 126 years ago that Down first described savant syndrome as a specific condition and 70 years ago that Kanner first described Early Infantile Autism. While as many as one in ten autistic persons have savant abilities, such special skills occur in other CNS conditions as well such that approximately 50 % of cases of savant syndrome have autism as the underlying developmental disability and 50 % are associated with other disabilities. This paper sorts out realities from myths and misconceptions about both savant syndrome and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) that have developed through the years. The reality is that low IQ is not necessarily an accompaniment of savant syndrome; in some cases IQ can be superior. Also, savants can be creative, rather than just duplicative, and the skills increase over time on a continuum from duplication, to improvisation to creation, rather than diminishing or suddenly disappearing. Genius and prodigy exist separate from savant syndrome and not all such highly gifted persons have Asperger's Disorder. This paper also emphasizes the critical importance of separating 'autistic-like' symptoms from ASD especially in children when the savant ability presents as hyperlexia (children who read early) or as Einstein syndrome (children who speak late), or have impaired vision (Blindisms) because prognosis and outcome are very different when that careful distinction is made. In those cases the term 'outgrowing autism' might be mistakenly applied when in fact the child did not have ASD in the first place. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: review Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|