Ori Barto, son of world-class pianist Tzimon Barto, dies
Martin E. Comas | Sentinel Staff Writer
April 1, 2008
EUSTIS - Ori Barto wanted people to know that though he may have seemed a "little bit of an odd fellow" at times, he was a normal adolescent who had a different way of looking at the world, his mother, Gesa Barto, said Monday.
The Eustis teen had Asperger's syndrome, a condition with symptoms similar to autism, causing social-skills difficulties and leading to eccentric behavior at times. People with Asperger's syndrome can be highly intelligent but socially inept, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders' Web site:
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19 Apr 2008, 1:23 pm
