Would you say you posess a savant skill?

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Do you have a special ability in art, math,memory, anything? I Myself believe i posess a savant skill in auditory memory and art, I have spoken of both abilities in other forums. So, Do you think or know you have such a skill?

I am bright in some ways (an A average at college and university without needing to revise for exams etc due to having a good memory for that stuff lol) but do I have savant skills? I doubt it lol.

I have certain areas in which I am above average, but I don't think it's anything close to savant. I wish I did. Then at least there'd be something interesting about me.

I believe I have a savantish ability with intuition. I'm very good at leaping to correct conclusions. I often double check though, It's quite a scary thing to rely on.

No. I wish I did, so I could get rich and famous by doing something amazing, with little effort.

Savant is a fuzzy concept.

I can do very detailed - practically photographic - drawings. But this is not that uncommon among artists. It might be a little 'savantish' since I don't actually practice at it much. I just was able to go from basics to advanced without any intermediate steps. I suppose if I could devote some real time to it I would get wicked good.

I'm not sure...
My music teachers are usually astounded at the rate at which I learn instruments and techniques on them. I got up to grade 8 standard on one of my instruments in less than two years, (I'm 14 now), and there seems so be nothing I can't do technically. However, I am frequently told that I play with limited expression (almost like a robot!) and it seems to be my downfall, therefore I doubt that I am savant. (I lack the confidence and the natural flair I feel that a lot of them have.)

Other than that I'm pretty normal. I'm an average/good student at school (C-A grade work mostly).

I wish I was a savant! It would be nice to be interesting in that respect :L

No savant ability here. I'm average (and i suck in things i dislike, of course)

I got a good membery. I know times and dates some sertion days (if i was told them back then)
And i can remaber what avreyone said and how my responces were like it was the other day.
I can remaber what color colothing avreyone was wereing. Im not sure if you would call that a savant skill but who knows.

Actually, this sounds more savantish than you give yourself credit for. Autistic savants are usually described has having very narrow range on a specific thing. Your technical ability minus the expressive side sounds just like that type of narrowness.

The real question is if you can become expressive. It is a misconception that autistics have no emotion. You may just have to figure out some unusual ways to tap into them with your music. It may happen as you get older, too.

What goes through your head when you play? Are you thinking only about the notes? NT's seem to naturally connect emotion to music. But maybe you will need to do some mental trickery. Like pretend there's fluffy bunnies playing the keys instead of your fingers. Or the keys of the piano are actually the teeth of a demon. I'd bet if you could figure out how to tunnel through to all your emotions, you would light it up.

I'm don't think it's a savant skill but many people say I am gifted because I learn new computer systems so quickly without being taught and because I think in a different way, I also have good rote memory and can get 90 to 100 % in exams without too much effort. I definitely have some kind of special skill but I think it is like an ability to bridge the gap between human and computer, so I use computers in different ways that other people might not think of and seem to be good at finding new ways of doing things. I love my special skills but I have non existent skills in relationships