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hi hun i am shell mum of 6 one with autism one with aspergers one with triats one with lbd only 10% of children with autism have savant skills and if your child had any speech problems Aspergers diagnmosis could not have been given Aspergers diagnosis is that there is no clinical delay in speech so if any speech problems are present HFA is the right one to have been given. Savant Autism Syndrome is a rare condition in which people with autism have astonishing abilities, brilliance or talent. Savant abilities stand separate from the limitations caused from autism. The condition can be congenital (genetic or inborn) or can be acquired later in childhood How common is Savant Autism? Approximately one in ten (10%) of persons with autistic disorder have some savant skills. In other forms of development disability, mental retardation, or brain injury, savant skills occur in less than 1%. What is the Range in Savant Autism Skill? Splinter Skills Most Common Behaviors such as obsessive preoccupation with, and memorization of, music and sports trivia, license plate numbers, maps, historical facts, or obscure items such as vacuum cleaner motor sounds Talented Savants Musical, artistic, mathematical, or other special skills are prominent Single expertise in an area which is extremely noticeable in comparison to the overall handicap Prodigious Savant Special skill or ability is so outstanding that it would be spectacular even if it were to occur in a non-handicapped person Fewer than 50 prodigious savants live worldwide at the present time who would meet this high threshold of special skill What are the typical savant skills? Music Most common savant skill Playing piano by ear and almost always with perfect pitch Percussion instruments such as marimba or drums can be mastered as well Artistic Painting and drawing is seen next most frequently Calendar Calculating Name the day of the week that a date will occur on in any particular year Being able to name the next 100 years in which Easter will fall on March 23 Rare cases remember the weather for every day of their adult life Other Skills Multilingual language skills Perfect knowledge regarding passing time without access to a clock face Outstanding knowledge in specific fields such as neurophysiology, statistics, history or navigation Prodigious memory always accompanies the specific skill that people with savant autism have Why is savant syndrome seen more frequently in males than females? Occurs four to six times more frequently in males than females In males the left hemisphere of the brain always completes its development later than the right hemisphere Left hemisphere of the brain is exposed for a longer period of time than the right to brain insult or injury of any kind shell http://groups.msn.com/autismaspergersinthefamily Post edited by: spectrummum, at: 08/25/2007 06:03 Post edited by: spectrummum, at: 08/25/2007 06:06 |
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