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...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 564 - 572
Main Author: Treffert, Darold
Format: review Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Mar2014
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost